Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:43:46PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The main part of that is the GUI, which is certainly not going to be in
>> the server, so I fail to see exactly what you think you're really
>> gaining.
> The way things are now, writing the GUI is *simple* compared to the fact
> that you have to write a config file parser. One for each tool.
No you don't. All you need is the output of the pg_settings view.
Or at least, if that's insufficient, let's discuss exactly how.
regards, tom lane