gsettings-data-convert

' gsettings-data -convert 'u gsettings-data -convert [option...]

gsettings-data -convert reads values out of the users GConf database and stores them in GSettings .

The information about the mapping from GConf keys to GSettings keys is taken from files in /usr/share/GConf/gsettings . Each file in that directory is read as a key file, with sections for each GSettings schema that is being converted . The entries in each section map GSettings keys to paths in the GConf database . Currently, gsettings-data -convert supports all basic GConf types as well as lists of strings and lists of integers .

A simple example might look like this:

---

.RS 4
[org .gnome .fonts] antialiasing = /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/antialiasing dpi = /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/dpi hinting = /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/hinting rgba_order = /desktop/gnome/font_rendering/rgba_order .RE

If the GSettings schema does not have a fixed path, you must specify the path in the group name, separated by a colon character:

---

.RS 4
[org .gnome .fonts:/desktop/gnome/font -rendering/] .RE

gsettings-data -convert keeps a list of the key files it has already converted, so it is safe to run it repeatedly to handle newly appeared key files . The expected use of this utility is to make each application install a key file for the GConf keys that it wants to be migrated, and run gsettings-data -convert every time a user logs in .

Options

-h , --help Print help and exit

--dry -run Do not make any changes, just report what would be done

--verbose Show verbose messages

gsettings-schema-convert(1) is a related command that helps with the conversion of schemas from GConf to GSettings .