[Portland] Fwd: [Desktop_architects] Querying desktop settings like default browser and proxy configuration

[Fathi Boudra]

Thanks. I merged xdg-settings to the CVS tree.

cheers,

Fathi

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Dan Kegel<dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> Here's a prototype implementation.  I guess the next step is to
> open a feature enhancement request in bugzilla
> and attach the patch as an example...
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Mammarella <mdm at chromium.org>
> Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
> Subject: [Desktop_architects] Querying desktop settings like default
> browser and proxy configuration
> To: desktop_architects at lists.linux-foundation.org
>
>
> Different desktop environments store settings like the default web
> browser and proxy configuration parameters in different ways, and
> there doesn't seem to be any standard way of querying (or changing)
> these settings. The xdg-utils package provides a wrapper around some
> related functionality, like "opening" a file or URL (which might *use*
> the default web browser setting), but falls short of a general
> configuration query mechanism.
>
> I'm working on a small addition to xdg-utils: a new utility called
> xdg-settings that will allow settings like these to be queried and, in
> some cases, changed. I've posted a small page about it along with an
> in-progress version at
> http://www.crystalorb.net/mikem/xdg-settings.html to get some feedback
> on this idea.
>
> (A message a few days ago to the Portland project's mailing list
> didn't get any reply, so I'm asking about it here.)
>
> --Mike
> _______________________________________________
> Desktop_architects mailing list
> Desktop_architects at lists.linux-foundation.org
> https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
> _______________________________________________
> Portland mailing list
> Portland at lists.freedesktop.org
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/portland
>