On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Yaa101 <yaa...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I like to know a few extra things about gsettings that I was not able > to find in google. > > First of all, where on the filesystem can I find the gsettings database?
Depends on the backend. For the dconf backend, it's in ~/.config/dconf/user > Second, I want to know how a gnome-shell extension react to it's > settings in the database. > Are the settings live, so that I can change a setting and that the > extension will automatically pick it up when it requests a key/settings > pair. Yes. > Or are the settings loaded once at the initialisation fase of the > extension and that the extension has to be reloaded to see the new > settings. No. But you have to connect to the setting to react to it. > Or is there a event fired when settings changed? Yes. > Third-related to the second question, is there a way to give a command > from or share info between the new gnome-shell extension preferences > box and the extension. No. It's designed to be launched from the web, where you cannot pass a command line parameter. > -- > (o_ > //\ Regards, Groeten, > V_/_ Bas Burger. > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list -- Jasper _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
