On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Plist files are just XML files. I can read or edit or script them with the
> normal bash tools; in fact, I've done just that before. No biggie.
Apparently, that's what gconf uses by default, too. It's a collection
of XML files in a filesystem hierarchy[1]:
"The GConf database by default uses a system of directories and XML
files, stored in a directory called ~/.gconf. GConf can also use other
backends, such as a database server, but XML file storage is the most
common configuration."
> Also, the plist files are yes, stored in ~/Library, but that's hardly the
> same thing as Gconf or the Registry.
Here's a sample session for trying to change the action when my laptop
lid is closed.
By default, the screen is set to blank when I close the lid:
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
blank
$ grep -A 2 lid_battery ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml
<entry name="lid_battery" mtime="1258718176" type="string">
<stringvalue>blank</stringvalue>
</entry>
I can change the action to do nothing via the gconftool-2 command:
$ gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
--type=string nothing
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
nothing
$ grep -A 2 lid_battery ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml
<entry name="lid_battery" mtime="1258719934" type="string">
<stringvalue>nothing</stringvalue>
</entry>
I can also change it by using vi, although the gconf server doesn't
seem to be aware of the change:
$ vi ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml
$ grep -A 2 lid_battery ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml
<entry name="lid_battery" mtime="1258719934" type="string">
<stringvalue>blank</stringvalue>
</entry>
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
nothing
I'm guessing the gconf server keeps some kind of cache, reading in the
XML files once at startup and writing them whenever it makes a change.
When I log out and log back in the change takes effect:
$ gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/lid_battery
blank
$ grep -A 2 lid_battery ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/%gconf.xml
<entry name="lid_battery" mtime="1258719934" type="string">
<stringvalue>blank</stringvalue>
</entry>
>From my searching so far there does not seem to be a way to have the
server re-read the XML files without logging out and back in.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GConf
Regards,
- Robert
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