INI editor for Reactos

[Aleksey Bragin]

FYI

-------- Original Message --------

Hi there,

Someone recommended that I point out my open-source INI editor for
Reactos... Here it is:
http://code.google.com/p/ini-settings-editor/

It opens INI files into a pretty tab-based view for editing.

Let me know if you have any comments about it.

[Timo Kreuzer]

Hmmm ... an INI editor? ... notepad(++)? :)

Am 07.03.2012 19:37, schrieb Aleksey Bragin:
> FYI
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> Hi there,
>
> Someone recommended that I point out my open-source INI editor for
> Reactos... Here it is:
> http://code.google.com/p/ini-settings-editor/
>
> It opens INI files into a pretty tab-based view for editing.
>
> Let me know if you have any comments about it.
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Adam]

This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and quite a
nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it, but if the
screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.

(so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of libraries)

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:15:06 +0100
Timo Kreuzer [e-mail] wrote:
> Hmmm ... an INI editor? ... notepad(++)? :)
>
> Am 07.03.2012 19:37, schrieb Aleksey Bragin:
> > FYI
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > Someone recommended that I point out my open-source INI editor for
> > Reactos... Here it is:
> > http://code.google.com/p/ini-settings-editor/
> >
> > It opens INI files into a pretty tab-based view for editing.
> >
> > Let me know if you have any comments about it.
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Timo Kreuzer]

Am 08.03.2012 08:06, schrieb Adam:
> This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and quite a
> nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it, but if the
> screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.
>
> (so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of libraries)

I just wonder what makes the editor a special *INI* editor?
Any editor is a INI editor, isn't it?
Or does it have some special INI magic?

[Andrew Faulds]

Have you looked at it at all?

It opens up an INI into multiple tabs for each section. Each option
becomes a text box, but the INI can specify options making it a combo
box. The INI can also specify "friendly names", hide options, and
specify icons.

Essentially, it's an easy way to make a settings editor without having
to make the GUI yourself. Just add some extra stuff to your INI.

On 08/03/2012, Timo Kreuzer [e-mail] wrote:
> Am 08.03.2012 08:06, schrieb Adam:
> > This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and quite a
> > nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it, but if the
> > screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.
> >
> > (so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of libraries)
>
> I just wonder what makes the editor a special *INI* editor?
> Any editor is a INI editor, isn't it?
> Or does it have some special INI magic?
>
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> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
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[Adam]

It divides the settings into tabs from the look of it, nothing like a
text editor.

I'd like to find a binary (or work out how to compile the sources) so I
could try it out too. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough so feel fee to
rant and rave at me if I wasn't. :)

Now the only concern, if this was to be part of ReactOS, would be
what implications the Apache license would have. Is this license GPL
compatible? That is, can it be changed to GPL for the project to use
safely?

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:44:43 +0100
Timo Kreuzer [e-mail] wrote:
> Am 08.03.2012 08:06, schrieb Adam:
> > This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and
> > quite a nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it, but
> > if the screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.
> >
> > (so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of
> > libraries)
>
> I just wonder what makes the editor a special *INI* editor?
> Any editor is a INI editor, isn't it?
> Or does it have some special INI magic?
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Zachary Gorden]

Again, GPL compatibility has no relevance for this project when it
comes to user mode applications.  The majority of the user mode
libraries are from Wine in the first place, and they use LGPL.

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Adam [e-mail] wrote:
> It divides the settings into tabs from the look of it, nothing like a
> text editor.
>
> I'd like to find a binary (or work out how to compile the sources) so I
> could try it out too. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough so feel fee to
> rant and rave at me if I wasn't. :)
>
> Now the only concern, if this was to be part of ReactOS, would be
> what implications the Apache license would have. Is this license GPL
> compatible? That is, can it be changed to GPL for the project to use
> safely?
>
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:44:43 +0100
> Timo Kreuzer [e-mail] wrote:
> > Am 08.03.2012 08:06, schrieb Adam:
> > > This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and
> > > quite a nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it, but
> > > if the screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.
> > >
> > > (so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of
> > > libraries)
> >
> > I just wonder what makes the editor a special *INI* editor?
> > Any editor is a INI editor, isn't it?
> > Or does it have some special INI magic?
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[Adam]

In which case, this looks good.

BTW just to clarify, I was thinking about the licensing
issues which may arise from integrating the app into ReactOS - is this
what you were referring to as well?

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:34:40 -0500
Zachary Gorden [e-mail] wrote:
> Again, GPL compatibility has no relevance for this project when it
> comes to user mode applications.  The majority of the user mode
> libraries are from Wine in the first place, and they use LGPL.
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Adam [e-mail] wrote:
> > It divides the settings into tabs from the look of it, nothing like
> > a text editor.
> >
> > I'd like to find a binary (or work out how to compile the sources)
> > so I could try it out too. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough so
> > feel fee to rant and rave at me if I wasn't. :)
> >
> > Now the only concern, if this was to be part of ReactOS, would be
> > what implications the Apache license would have. Is this license GPL
> > compatible? That is, can it be changed to GPL for the project to use
> > safely?
> >
> > On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:44:43 +0100
> > Timo Kreuzer [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Am 08.03.2012 08:06, schrieb Adam:
> > > > This one appears to be more of a tabbed GUI than Notepad++ and
> > > > quite a nice looking one. That being said I have not tested it,
> > > > but if the screenshots are anything to go by it looks good.
> > > >
> > > > (so long as it is not written in .NET or requires hundreds of
> > > > libraries)
> > >
> > > I just wonder what makes the editor a special *INI* editor?
> > > Any editor is a INI editor, isn't it?
> > > Or does it have some special INI magic?
> > >
> > > Ros-dev mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
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