[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#18260) Configuration files in LUA

["Jason Dorje Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=18260 >

The main (only) problem with putting configuration files in lua is that 
it makes saving config files a lot harder.

It should eventually be possible to edit units and such with the editor, 
then save the new ruleset.  But if this is done how will you write the 
save_rulesets() function to write out lua code?  It will be a lot harder 
than the current registry format.

This is not necessarily a fatal problem however.  Writing out of simple 
lua code could be possible, with an in-game script editor for the more 
advanced code.

Note the same problems basically apply to editing of scenarios.

-jason