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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS
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Am Mittwoch, 4. Juni 2008 schrieb Aidan Van Dyk:
> > When reading this thread, I'm wondering if anybody ever saw a config
> > file for a complex software product that was easily editable and
> > understandable. I don't know one. If there was one, it'd be nice to know
> > it so we can learn from it.
>
> PostreSQL, Apache, X.org

And note that one of the major advances in X.org over XFree86 was that all the 
useless garbage was removed from the configuration file, so that the final 
and usable configuration fits on one screen, and you can even write it from 
memory if you dare to.