gnome-config problems

[Sarah Mount <s mount coventry ac uk>]

I've been using gnome_config to store user prefs, but
gnome_config_set_string() doesn't appear to be working. FWIW I'm using the
following:

gnome-core-devel-1.2.4-0_helix_1
gnome-libs-devel-1.2.8-0_helix_1
gnome-libs-1.2.8-0_helix_1
gtk+10-1.0.6-6
gtk+-1.2.8-0_helix_1
gtk+-devel-1.2.8-0_helix_1

and writing in C.

Code and results below.

Thanks in advance,

Sarah

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#include <gnome.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <libgnome/gnome-config.h>

#include "main.h" 
#include "interface.h"
#include "support.h"

#include "prefs.h"

/* 
 * This is actually defined elsewhere, but it's
 * here for completeness.
 */
static gboolean DEBUG = TRUE;

void write_prefs() {

  GtkWidget *gnome_latex_file;
  gchar *latex_file;

  /* What value has the user set? */
  gnome_latex_file = lookup_widget(GTK_WIDGET(preferences), 
				   "prefs_latex_file_entry");
  latex_file = gnome_file_entry_get_full_path
	  (GNOME_FILE_ENTRY(gnome_latex_file),
	   FALSE);

  /* Save the value in gnome_config stuff */
  if (latex_file != NULL) { 
	  gnome_config_set_string("/gRef/General/latex_file/",
				  latex_file);
	  /* 
	   * It doesn't seem to matter if I call
	   * gnome_config_sync() here or not. 
	   */
	  gnome_config_sync();
	  if (DEBUG) {
		  g_print("config_set_string:\n");
		  g_print(latex_file);
		  g_print("\nValue in gnome-config:\n%s\n", 
			  gnome_config_get_string
			  ("/gRef/General/latex_file/"));
	  }
  } 

}

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Which prints the following, when it's run:

config_set_string:
/home/snim2/src/c/gRef/glade/tests/foo
Value in gnome-config:
(null)