[release-notes/gnome-3-4] Add DConf section
- From: Andre Klapper <aklapper src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-4] Add DConf section
- Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:21:06 +0000 (UTC)
commit 104369b1bf2ea74394349c78390eb3f7a4a1a8d7
Author: Andre Klapper <a9016009 gmx de>
Date: Fri Mar 9 17:21:01 2012 +0100
Add DConf section
help/C/rndevelopers.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
index bed3e55..df0b2dc 100644
--- a/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rndevelopers.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,22 @@ Expose <application>Cogl</application>, the GPU programming API used by <applica
</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="dconf">
+ <title>DConf</title>
+ <para>
+ GNOME's default <classname>GSettings</classname> backend has seen several
+ improvements:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+<application>DConf</application> can now read from multiple user configuration databases. The dconf profile format now explicitly identifies user and system dconf databases, rather than assuming that only the first line specifies a user database. Users interested in sharing part of their dconf profile between multiple systems, such as via a version-controlled home directory, can use this support to read from a shared dconf database in addition to the live-writable dconf database.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+<application>DConf</application> now supports dconf profiles specified by an absolute path in <filename>$DCONF_PROFILE</filename>, rather than just a path relative to <filename>/etc/dconf/profiles/</filename>. This allows users to specify a profile in their own home directory, such as to specify multiple user databases.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="cleanup">
<title>Use of Deprecated Libraries</title>
<para>
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