[ODE] GUI Editor, to XML or not?

[Steve Baker]

It seems to me that rather than have each of these editors hassle
about how to read and write "ODE-format" physics files, the smart
thing would be to build a file load/save command into ODE itself.

If you could load or save the current structure of the ODE model
to disk with a single command, then this would be a no-brainer
to implement for everyone who is writing one of these tools.

Even if each tool has it's own quirky file format, they'd all be
able to share files easily.

What's more, other ODE applications would be able to load files
from those tools conveniently.

Heck - you could even take your existing ODE application and add
the one-liner to write out the physics structure and import that
into one of the editors.

This would also ensure that the file format didn't get out of step
with ODE itself (eg if ODE were ever released with new joint types).

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