proposal for extending XSETTINGS registry keys

[Avi Alkalay]

Elektra can easily be the infrastructure for storing this keys, with the
benefit of not being just desktop-oriented, but cross-system oriented.

So KConfig and GConf will have (actually have already) an Elektra backend
and there is no need to change applications.
http://www.libelektra.org/presentation/img28.html
http://www.libelektra.org/presentation/img29.html

(these links are part of the presentation that starts on
http://www.libelektra.org/presentation/img0.html)

Elektra can also handle different types as Color, Font, Date etc, and can
provide GConf-ready and KConfig-ready apps access to other softwares
configurations.

More about Elektra architecture, security model and virtual "screenshots":
http://www.libelektra.org/Screenshots_and_Key_Examples
http://www.libelektra.org/Namespaces_and_Key_Names
http://www.libelektra.org/Key%27s_Value_and_Metadata
http://www.libelektra.org/Security_Model
http://www.libelektra.org/Library_Linkage_Architecture

Regards,
Avi

On 3/28/07, Marius Bugge Monsen <mmonsen at trolltech.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> At the Desktop Architects Meeting 3, beginning of December last year,
> Waldo
> asked me if I could write a proposal for extending the XSETTINGS registry
> keys.
>
> I've written a small paper where I look at the Gtk+ and Qt settings and
> color
> palettes to find where they overlap, and where the common subsets need to
> be
> extended to be useful. The result is a proposed set of new settings keys
> for
> the XSETTINGS registry.
>
> The document is available here:
> http://www.pvv.org/~mariusbu/proposal.html
>
> Just a couple of points I want to clear up:
> * This document is intended as a basis for discussion.
> * The proposed keys do not cover every conceivable setting. The idea is to
> find a set of keys that will be useful when trying to integrate with the
> desktop environment.
> * The Qt toolkit does not have support for the XSETTINGS mechanism. I'm
> working on a prototype implementation for this (Disclaimer: This does not
> mean that Trolltech has committed to adding XSETTINGS support in Qt. It's
> just a prototype).
> * I'm not a Gtk+ expert. If you are, your input is very welcome!
>
> Cheers,
> Marius
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