Guake: import/export [g|d]conf settings to a file

Created on 17 Mar 2014 · 13Comments · Source: Guake/guake

Use case: store settings in a file to easily backup to github repository

High Feature Request

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gsemet

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Nowadays, with dconf, I have be resolved with this:

backup_guake () {
    dconf dump /apps/guake/ > ${HOME}/Dropbox/backup_of_my_guake_settings
}

restore_guake () {
    dconf reset -f /apps/guake/
    dconf load /apps/guake/ < ${HOME}/Dropbox/backup_of_my_guake_settings
}

... but I guess it isn't a perfect solution yet

bernardolm on 30 Jul 2018

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It's more about import/export (in the pref window) because load/save implies that we move away from gconf/dconf which isn't such a great idea.

pypingou on 17 Mar 2014

Agree

gsemet on 17 Mar 2014

What about simply adding ~/.gconf/apps/guake directory into a github repository? that's not enough?

elgalu on 18 Sep 2016

Not sure it will work, conf is stored in gconf

gsemet on 18 Sep 2016

Ah ok, so backing up gconf /apps/guake and /schemas/apps/guake paths recursively should suffice?

elgalu on 18 Sep 2016

i.e. is this correct?

Backup

gconftool-2 --dump /apps/guake > apps-guake.xml
gconftool-2 --dump /schemas/apps/guake > schemas-apps-guake.xml

Restore

gconftool-2 --load apps-guake.xml
gconftool-2 --load schemas-apps-guake.xml

elgalu on 18 Sep 2016

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Give a try. I test it next week

gsemet on 18 Sep 2016

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https://feathub.com/Guake/guake/+14

bernardolm on 16 Mar 2018

i.e. is this correct?
Backup
gconftool-2 --dump /apps/guake > apps-guake.xml
gconftool-2 --dump /schemas/apps/guake > schemas-apps-guake.xml
Restore
gconftool-2 --load apps-guake.xml
gconftool-2 --load schemas-apps-guake.xml

Doesn't work with Ubuntu 18.04 :(

etem on 27 Jul 2018

Guake now use dconf and no more gconf

gsemet on 27 Jul 2018

Nowadays, with dconf, I have be resolved with this:

backup_guake () {
    dconf dump /apps/guake/ > ${HOME}/Dropbox/backup_of_my_guake_settings
}

restore_guake () {
    dconf reset -f /apps/guake/
    dconf load /apps/guake/ < ${HOME}/Dropbox/backup_of_my_guake_settings
}

... but I guess it isn't a perfect solution yet

bernardolm on 30 Jul 2018

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seems legit :) I would love to have it integrated in the preference panel :)

gsemet on 31 Jul 2018

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This should be done by #1517 (using dconf)