Re: Proposal: create XML based .gorm format: .xorm

Hi Lars,

Why not integrate Renaissance into GNUstep-gui and GORM? It already is an xm=
l-based serialisation of GNUstep UI objects. I use it for my UIs precisely b=
ecause it=E2=80=99s easy to work with in version control.

Best wishes,

Graham.

> On 20 Jul 2026, at 22:00, [email protected] via Discussio=
n list for the GNUstep programming environment <[email protected]> wro=
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> =EF=BB=BFHi =E2=80=99Steppers!
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> For the sake of diffability in GIT it would be great to have some non-bina=
ry but text based .gorm serialization format.
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> I know that .xibs exist in that role for .nibs, so why not do exactly the s=
ame with .xorms for .gorms?
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> Greg said once that he has .xib reading ready but .xib writing would be mu=
ch more difficult because we had to reverse engineer how to write those.
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> I now propose that we reuse the same basic format of xibs (XML with certai=
n keys) to write .xorms instead of .gorms with the only difference that here=
 GNUstep defines what belongs how into a .xorm.
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> What do you think?
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> kind regards,
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>    Lars
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> 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.
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