Feature request: modular config files

Johan aequitas at planet.nl
Mon Oct 31 13:19:21 PST 2005


I don't know if this is dealt with in the new release but i would realy 
like to see the config files modular. As example:

/etc/X11/config/input/keyboard.conf
/etc/X11/config/input/keyboard2.conf
/etc/X11/config/input/mouse.conf
/etc/X11/config/misc/modules.conf
/etc/X11/config/monitor/general.conf
/etc/X11/config/monitor/lcd.conf
/etc/X11/config/video/vga.conf
/etc/X11/config/video/ati.conf
/etc/X11/config/video/nvidea.conf
/etc/X11/config/video/directfb.conf
/etc/X11/config/screens/default.conf
/etc/X11/config/screens/dual_head.conf
/etc/X11/config/general.conf
/etc/X11/config/dualheadati.conf
/etc/X11/config/foobar.conf

- Sections have been devided in directories for easy browsing.
- Each config can be replaced by install scripts without affecting the 
other files. This way vendor specific configs can be easily included. 
For example the ati binairy driver configs.
- The files in the config root are the server config's containing 
#includes to the other config files which are used by the server config. 
This way config files can be used by multiple server configs.
- It also makes it easyer for newcomer to understand the config because 
the whole xorg config file is mostly to overwhelming.
- People don't need te give the whole xorg config on forums anymore. 
Which i always find very anoying.

This is just a example. I didn't include all xorg config sections and i 
got some wrong i think.

What do you guys think of this idea?

Johan





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