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A simple command line interface to GNOME GSettings which allows you to manage application settings.

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How do I browse for available gsettings options?

There are certain gsettings keys that can have multiple values (e.g. a key like verbosity could be assigned to one error, info, or debug). I want to be able to list them, but my dconf-editor (0.7.3) can't view them. Is there an existing alternative?
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Linux Mint file-chooser: show filename-entry instead of path-bar?

In Linux Mint 18.2, the default path selector looks like this: I want it to look like this: So I went opened up dconf-editor and changed org.gtk.settings.filechooser location-mode from path-bar to filename-entry. Unfortunately, this didn't have…
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Configuring Gnome Shell key bindings from the command line

I am trying to modify the Gnome Shell preferences (in this case the key bindings) using the terminal. I have tried: gsettings set org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Keybindings switch-to-tab-1 '1' But it is giving me an error: Schema…
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How can I use gsettings to disable device automount in Ubuntu 16.04?

When I plug a USB stick or a mobile phone into my laptop, I don't want the operating system to automatically mount the device. In Ubuntu 14.04 I could run the below command and this would disable automounting of block devices, e.g. gsettings set…
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When do changes to gsettings take place?

After making a change to something in gsettings, is anything to be done to make the changes take effect? For example, if I have thumbnails in ~/.thumbnails dating back a few days, will running: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.thumbnail-cache…
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Does gsettings have a GUI frontend?

There is dconf-editor for dconf, but dconf is a low-level configuration system and direct use of it is discouraged. Users are recommended to use gsettings instead, but I cannot find a GUI tool for it. By the way, the keys in dconf and gsettings…
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How to export / import Ubuntu 16.04 terminal color scheme

I'm trying to export the color scheme from my Ubuntu 16.04 terminal to use on another system. I found some posts that suggest: gconftool-2 --dump '/apps/gnome-terminal' > gnome-terminal-conf.xml ... but that no longer works. I also found someone…
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DConf equivalent for KDE

GNOME and many window managers such as the Awesome WM use the GSettings settings database, with Dconf as the backend. What is the equivalent of this for KDE? Also, we can edit GSettiings with the Dconf Editor application or the gsettings command…
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synchronize gnome 3 (panel) settings between computers

I'd like to synchronize the configuration of my gnome panel(s) between computers and keep the configuration in Git. How can I dump / import the necessary information? I already found gconftool2 --dump but did not find anything that looked like my…
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dconf editor value is different from gsettings get value

I did as follows: $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 300 $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 80 $ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay uint32 80 But when I do: dconf dump /org/gnome/, I see…
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Where does guake put it user preferences?

Previously guake used to have its preferences stored in ~/.gconf/apps/guake/general but with move to gtk3 it has moved to gsettings and dconf . While dconf-editor does show me the preferences with the toggle switch I'm unable to figure out where…
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Gnome automatically scales x2 on a HiDPI Display (XPS 13)

I have the issue that ubuntu gnome (17) always has the automatic scale factor 2 when using the native resolution (3200x1800). When I change the resolution (to 1920x1080 for example) it scales normally (factor 1). When I look at gsettings get…
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Creating new gsettings/dconf schemas

I would like to know how to go about creating new schema entries for gsettings or dconf, to create an entirely new entity that does not exist. ie; /org/gnome/my-schema-entry/property-entry boolean 'foo-bar' When I went to look up some answers from…
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GSettings is reset during reboot

Formatting is a pain, especially due to all the package installation, configurations and so on. To make this easier, I made a large script with simple config files that is easily changed. So once I need a format (like when new OS versions is out), I…
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"gsettings set " command not working within script on Ubuntu 20.04

I'm trying to learn Linux by creating a script to customize my user... install apps, update them, change the background, favorite apps, and some settings. I ran into a problem and I can't find a solution. If I run the command gsettings set…
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