X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=t592a8eO3FLyvNvBdfzPOJ8DI2XXjNfwRiRJzr/OTbY=; b=PD3xFLUVsIu4HmxnK+3rgVwBnlN5Qg0bJwlCw7HzCqduQmEE3rApgJNawtokZ9X462 x3nJRFYaZUjkAFPM+QFeedBAsTSgpVlyzvAhtmxO2EkfwJwNrzhEx2muKNUY9+jRSoTZ GLjQnA5j9Zl/OFJ+IjXH+iWj9g4t9miNWDfORkRyuLlL5nP/5/fAD0cuPW7B2xySklJq MrcsWOUR2k3jRaKTRzK/cepGG8WapPssV6hWPf7z9jXhWEeEvnFrkAPi0Jo1wH/xDijT K0J9BUyLgrPPUPSFeGTx7Ue+1vLh7czfJIeEz2NvxVRgBCctidbDQpk2YzJG4Em1vORN /HNA== X-Received: by 10.194.205.103 with SMTP id lf7mr44642447wjc.147.1451062551658; Fri, 25 Dec 2015 08:55:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 17:55:50 +0100 From: "Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] A fileformat library Message-Id: <20151225175550.352b4560fbf58572b4121af2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <1512221837 DOT AA25291 AT ivan DOT Harhan DOT ORG> <20151222232230 DOT 12633 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <0F6F1D0F-4F07-48EA-90FE-836EAD4E2354 AT noqsi DOT com> <0FCF3774-F93C-4BFF-BB61-636F75DCCACB AT noqsi DOT com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > > Agreed. I like YAML for this reason. You get a parser in every language for free, without any other library material required. > > AWK? sed? grep? cut? sort? > > Records separated by newline with fields separated by whitespace is *better* supported than YAML or any of the other candidates mentioned. The only things it lacks for our purposes is a spiffy name and the need for extra layers of lasagna code. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > jpd AT noqsi DOT com Records separated by newline with fields separated by whitespace may br handled by most software able to read *.csv comma separated. Nicklas Karlsson