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Migrate from GConf to DConf/GSettings #29

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mvz opened this issue Oct 30, 2019 · 1 comment

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mvz commented Oct 30, 2019

GConf is deprecated. Its replacement is DConf, and the best way to use that seems to be via GSettings, which will choose the appropriate back-end.

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mvz commented Feb 3, 2024

This looks to be a lot of work, including:

Converting the schema
Compiling the schema and installing it
Figuring out how to test (see the ominous note in this tutorial: " The schema will be installed automatically in the expected directory when building the application. This means that the application can only be run once it’s installed."
Handling the more loosely defined keys and values
Importing the existing gconf settings

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