From 22f703cab05b7cd368f4de9e03991b7664dc5022 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Frings-F=C3=BCrst?= Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:56:46 +0200 Subject: Initial import of argyll version 1.5.1-8 --- jcnf/Readme.txt | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 jcnf/Readme.txt (limited to 'jcnf/Readme.txt') diff --git a/jcnf/Readme.txt b/jcnf/Readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..295c026 --- /dev/null +++ b/jcnf/Readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ + +This is a library supporting system and application configuration stored in +a flat file format based on the JSON format. + +JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. +It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse +and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, +Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999. JSON is a text format that is +completely language independent but uses conventions that are familiar to +programmers of the C-family of languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, +Perl, Python, and many others. These properties make JSON an ideal data-interchange +language. + +The jcnf library is designed to be used stand alone by applications, +or as a template for a back end to Elektra, as an alternative to other +simple flat file formats such as .ini + +It makes use of Lloyd Hilaiel's YAJL to do the generation +and parsing of the JSON configuration files. + +- Graeme Gill. + -- cgit v1.2.3