Elektrified X.org released (was: X configuration paradigm, and a proposal)

[Mike A. Harris]

Avi Alkalay wrote:
>>>   The Elektrifyied X server also works for the Red Hat Graphical Boot,
>>>   where you still don't have mounted partitions, network, etc.
>>
>>But presumably breaks system-config-display and all the related tools ?
> 
> 
> Of course. This is a first step.
> Does system-config-display uses the X.org library? I think this tool's
> developer simply learned the xorg.conf format and wrote code to
> generate it.
> 
> And system-config-display, as far as I know, is a monolitic tool that
> don't permit HW vendors, or X plugin writers, to independently extend
> it. Whit a key/value pair paradigm, these folks can write a 10-line
> Shell script to correctly integrate itself in X, without having to
> deal with a lexical parser, complex structs, and C.

redhat-config-xfree86 (RHL 8, 9, and FC1) and system-config-display 
(FC2, FC3) which replaced it, both use pyxf86config.py which is a python 
wrapper around libxf86config.  The Red Hat X config tool isn't the only
3rd party application using libxf86config however.

Just spotted your mail and thought I should respond.  ;)