On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Tim Cuthbertson <t...@gfxmonk.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm planning to add some gsettings or gconf integration to Erick
> Pérez's workspace indicator extension
> (https://github.com/erick2red/shell-extensions) to allow the user to
> configure the label text format. So I have a couple of questions:
>
> - Is gsettings or gconf preferred for extension code? I have the vague
> impression that gsettings is newer and shinier, but not much more than
> that.
>

GSettings is what we prefer nowadays: it's part of GLib/Gio 3, instead of
being a separate library.


> - Is there a designated (or suggested) namespace or prefix that gnome
> shell extensions should place their conf keys within, or shall I just
> make something up? Should I put it inside
> org.gnome.shell.extensions.<extension-id> or something?
>

org.gnome.shell.extensions.<extension-id> isn't a bad idea at all.


> Cheers,
> - Tim.
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