Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo File Format (Compression and "Binary")

[Jeremiah Benham]

On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Nils Gey <address@hidden> wrote:

> About the Denemo File Format:
>
> As we all know its compressed. Of course this makes it possible to  
> reduce the filesize with a great factor (didn't measure it, but I  
> guess, as other data, maybe a factor 10?).
> But is space really a problem? What else is the benefit of this  
> compression?
>
> What is not a benefit:
> -Compressed files count as binary files. This makes it harder to  
> handle with them in a repository system like git or svn. This is the  
> exact reason why I'm writing this mail.
> -Some distributions take Denemo files as compressed files, because  
> the header exactly says this.
> -If you don't know about the compression you could think Denemo  
> files are some kind of undocumented binary format. For example if  
> you want to examine the .denemo file with a text editor.
>
>
> Additionally: Why is the xml file stripped of all withespaces and  
> linebreaks? Is this a design decision?


No. I think it was never thought that people would actually want to  
view these files. For that reason adding
Making it look pretty was never a consideration. I totally agree with  
you.

Since we are at it I started a musicxml importer. It is not ready to  
be comitted to git yet though.

Jeremiah


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