Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
2012
Petr Kovar
pknbe@volny.cz
2019
GSettings overrides are used by distributions to adjust default
settings.
Why should I not use GSettings overrides?
Michael Hill
Adapted from d-g-o GSettings page. Add a see-also?
GSettings overrides are used by distributions to adjust default settings
for the GNOME desktop and apps. dconf overrides were designed for system
administrators to adjust default settings and set mandatory settings for the
GNOME desktop and apps.
What are vendor overrides?
Default values are defined in the schemas that are installed by an
application. Sometimes, it is necessary for a vendor or distributor to adjust
these defaults.
Since patching the XML source for the schema is inconvenient and
error-prone,
glib-compile-schemas reads so-called vendor override
files. These are keyfiles in the same directory as the XML schema sources,
which can override default values.