1## About 2 3*Libconfig* is a simple library for processing structured configuration 4files, like [this one](test.cfg.txt). This file format is more compact 5and more readable than XML. And unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is 6not necessary to do string parsing in application code. 7 8*Libconfig* is very compact -- a fraction of the size of the _expat_ XML 9parser library. This makes it well-suited for memory-constrained systems 10like handheld devices. 11 12The library includes bindings for both the C and C++ languages. It works 13on POSIX-compliant UNIX and UNIX-like systems (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, 14FreeBSD), Android, and Windows (2000, XP and later). 15 16## Documentation 17 18Documentation is included in the distribution 19in the form of a _texinfo_ manual. The documentation is 20also available in the following formats: 21 22- [HTML](libconfig_manual.html) 23- [PDF](libconfig_manual.pdf) 24 25## License 26 27*Libconfig* is distributed under the terms of the [GNU Lesser General 28Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html). This license was 29chosen over the standard GNU license to allow *libconfig* to be used 30with non-free programs. 31 32## Downloads 33 34Download *libconfig* now! Source code and full documentation are 35included. Windows users may build the package using either gcc in the 36MinGW environment or with Visual Studio 2008 or later using the provided 37solution file. 38 39<center> 40<a href="dist/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz"><b>libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz</b></a> 41</center> 42