Proposal: create XML based .gorm format: .xorm

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Hi =E2=80=99Steppers!


For the sake of diffability in GIT it would be great to have some =
non-binary but text based .gorm serialization format.

I know that .xibs exist in that role for .nibs, so why not do exactly =
the same with .xorms for .gorms?

Greg said once that he has .xib reading ready but .xib writing would be =
much more difficult because we had to reverse engineer how to write =
those.

I now propose that we reuse the same basic format of xibs (XML with =
certain keys) to write .xorms instead of .gorms with the only difference =
that here GNUstep defines what belongs how into a .xorm.


What do you think?


kind regards,

	Lars

P.S.: I have sent this proposal to discuss as well as to dev, since I =
didn=E2=80=99t know which list would be more appropriate.