Configuration Files For Python

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Why Configuration Files

Most larger program should have configuration files:

• Program becomes more flexible without reprogramming.
• Users can inject their own preferences.
• The environment changes, requiring that the program adapt.

There are a large number of formats for configuration files, some are accessed only through wizzards to they can have a secret format. Some configuration files are not even really files but instead are entries in a data base. But most are stored in some sort of human readable text format and can be edited with a straight ahead text editor.

My SmartTerminal program now has over 50 different parameters that control its use in a variety of different applications.

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