DConf is the new backend for gsettings.
It used in Ubuntu 15.10 to store many desktop settings. unity-control-center is basically a front-end for it, and many default applications store their settings there.
Completely separate schema to gconf.
It should be used on new apps instead of gconf.
File that stores all dconf settings.
Binary database format, which implies:
- fast to parse. Specially important as startup
- not human readable. But you can export and import plain-text
.conffile representations withdconf dumpanddconf load. - corruption of part of it can kill all the data in one go.
- not portable across OSes. Would be a good choice for apps if not for this.
View all dconf configs at once in plain-text:
dconf dump / >~/.config/dconf/user.conf
Reload plain-text settings:
dconf load / <~/.config/dconf/user.conf
Change one setting:
dconf write org/gnome/gnome-screenshot/auto-save-directory "/home/ciro"
Print to stdout whenever a setting changes:
dconf watch /
So when you use some GUI to change things, you know what is going on.
GUI editor for dconf
dconf-editor
gsettings is a frontend for both dconf on Linux, and possibly other backends on other systems such as the Windows registry (binary).
Therefore, applications should only use it directly, and not dconf, to achieve greater portability.
On current GNOME based desktops, it does not support GConf.
Set the value of a key:
gsettings set 'org.gnome.gnome-screenshot' 'auto-save-directory' 'file:///home/$USER/screenshot'
Normal not hidden scroll bars:
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
Show username on panel:
gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel true
Return key to its default value:
gsettings reset com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode
Applications can them to manage user preferences. in key/value manner, where keys are put in a / separated tree.
Created by the gnome project.
Sources: