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   El 17/11/24 a las 22:49, Gamgee escribió:   
   >    
   > I disagree.  I think this format is MUCH more awkward than the current   
   > format of AREAS.BBS.  If you have several hundred echo areas, and a   
   > couple dozen downlinks for most of them, the file would be *VERY* long   
   > and hard to edit.  EXTREMELY hard to edit, actually.   
      
   I understand your point, but using a more standard format makes it    
   easier to create tools that manage the file   
      
   The length of the file due to the number of areas is not something that    
   worries me. If I have to edit it manually, any editor can do a text    
   search quickly, even if it has thousands of lines.   
      
   >    
   > Also, that file is not specific to Synchronet only.   
   >    
   >   FT> this would make it easier to parse and you could even think of making   
   >   FT> an "Area manager" GUI with javascript and uifc or within sbbsecho   
   >    
   >   FT> or from the command line it could also have utilities like:   
   >    
   >   FT> jsexec areamgr.js addarea [internal_code] [fido_tag] [link] [link]   
   >   FT> jsexec areamgr.js addlink [fido_tag] [link]   
   >   FT> jsexec areamgr.js dellink [fido_tag] [link]   
   >    
   > This can already be done with the Import/Export functions already in   
   > SCFG.   
   >    
      
   The import/export actions to different formats are not for managing the    
   file.   
   I don't see a way to simple make those use cases as this:   
      
   "add node 1:23/4 to areas X,Y and Z"   
   "remove node 1:23/4 from area X"   
      
   The ini format was just an example, maybe it could be a comma or tab    
   separated file like user.tab is now   
      
   I currently use sed, awk or other bash tools to do these tasks. But the    
   inconsistencies of the lines (some have different spaces between the    
   columns) makes it uncomfortable.   
      
   Saludos!   
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