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Introduction</A>
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cconfig is a proposal for configurations on Unix-alike
systems<A NAME="tex2html1"
HREF="footnode.html#foot82"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN></SUP></A>. This includes, but is not limited to services, packages,
user settings or the system configuration. cconfig main idea is
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<LI>to simplify the layout of configurations
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<LI>to make it easier to configure
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<LI>to allow smooth editing from automatically running programs,
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<LI>thus to avoid parsing where possible,
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<LI>to use the available resources (libraries, functions, ...)
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<LI>and to prevent doubled implementations.
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Nico
2005-08-28
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