How do I make part of config file conditional? [closed]

asked 2014-05-05 10:32:55 +0000

smiszym
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I've been working on my configuration file for a long time now and I want to use it on a different computer and different OS. Most of things will remain as they were, but several lines of the file need modification (e.g., fonts).

I know I could just modify those lines. But I prefer to have just one version of the file that is universal across computers and here's why:

• it could be tracked with a version-control system, so
• I could keep improving it and simply pulling the changes from a VCS server,
• it would be easily adaptable to any new platform.

C preprocessor provides macros and #ifdefs, bash programmers can use environment variables and ifs. What mechanism does i3 provide?