your first code is correct, and should work. you should file a bug:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Browser&component=Preferences:%20Backend
Alec
Maniac wrote:
> Hello Gurus!
>
> I Have Some Misconception Concerning 'nsIPrefService' And
> 'nsIPrefBranch'. When I Try To Work With Prefs In This Fashion (It's In
> Pascal, But Idea Is, I Think, Clear):
>
>
> PrefService.GetPrefBranch('intl.charset').SetCharPref('default','windows-1251');
>
> PrefService.SavePrefFile;
>
> I Get My 'Prefs.JS' Looking Like This:
>
> user_pref("default", "windows-1251");
>
> And The Preference Obviously Doesn't Work. Then I've Tried Make It Some
> Other Way:
>
>
> PrefService.GetPrefBranch('').SetCharPref('intl.charset.default','windows-1251');
>
> PrefService.SavePrefFile;
>
> And It Was Saved And Worked Just Fine. Is This Second Way Correct Or I
> Just Missed Something Using The First One (Which I Like Better)?
>
