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-====== Simple Settings ======
-===== Introduction =====
-So I'd like to do some idle talk about simplifying the configuration system of Xfce4.5.
-All the possibilities I heard so far do not go far enough.
-What I'd like to see is it to be simplified to the max by:
-Using one (real) file per setting (yes _setting_) in ".config/xfce4/<some-sub-directories>"
-If the setting points to a file (for example background image), it should be a symlink to the file.
-Otherwise it should be a regular file containing the value as readable string.
-===== Settings layout =====
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/brightness
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/color_1
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/color_2
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/color_style
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/image -> /home/dannym/pic/backgrounds/image_1
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.0/image_style
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/desktop/:0.1/image_style
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/display/:0/blue_gamma
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/display/:0/green_gamma
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/display/:0/red_gamma
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/display/:0/size
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/display/:0/rate
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/can_change_accelerators
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/cursor_theme_name
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/cursor_theme_size
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/font_name
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/key_theme_name
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/gtk/:0/toolbar_style <-- this is stupid, should be a per-app setting.
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/keyboard/:0/repeat_delay
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/keyboard/:0/repeat_key
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/keyboard/:0/repeat_rate
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/margins/:0/bottom_margin
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/margins/:0/top_margin
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/margins/:0/left_margin
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/margins/:0/right_margin
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/mouse/:0/right_handed
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/mouse/:0/right_handed
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/autohide
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/fullwidth
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/layer
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/orientation
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/popup_position
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/size
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/panel/:0/theme -> /home/dannym/.themes/foo
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/shortcuts/:0/XF86_VolumeUp/command
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/sound/:0/mixer/default_device
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/sound/:0/mixer/device_0/useful_controls
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/auto_hide
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/group_tasks
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/height
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/horizontal_alignment
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/position
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_all_tasks
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_pager
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_tasklist
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_text
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_time
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/show_tray
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/shrink
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/taskbar/:0/width_percent
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/terminal/:0/accelerators
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/terminal/:0/font_name
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/terminal/:0/scrollback
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/terminal/:0/scrollbar
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/terminal/:0/show_menu
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/cycle_hidden
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/cycle_minimum
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/cycle_workspaces
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/easy_click
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/focus_hint
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/frame_opacity
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/move_opacity
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/placement_ratio
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/popup_opacity
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/prevent_focus_stealing
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/raise_with_any_button
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/resize_opacity
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/restore_on_move
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/scroll_workspaces
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/show_frame_shadow
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/show_popup_shadow
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/snap_resistance
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/toggle_workspaces
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/wrap_cycle
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/wrap_layout
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/box_move
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/box_resize
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/button_layout
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/click_to_focus
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/double_click_action
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/focus_new_window
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/focus_raise
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/raise_delay
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/raise_on_click
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/snap_to_border
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/snap_to_windows
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/snap_width
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/theme
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/title_alignment
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/title_font
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/wrap_resistance
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/wrap_windows
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/window_manager/:0/wrap_workspaces
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/workspaces/:0/workspace_count
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/workspaces/:0/workspace_names
-  .config/xfce4/settings/pyramid.ath.cx/printing/:0/system -> /usr/lib/xfce4/xfprint-plugins/cups_plugin.so
-That isn't all that much, is it?
-===== Advantages =====
-  * simple to copy/merge
-  * simple to understand
-  * can use all the normal unix tools\\ (symlink the important ones to another directory etc)
-  * simple to change by script
-  * uses normal unix tree api and doesn't introduce another version of it (xml, ini file, whatever)
-  * uses file change notification to be notified of changes (not xsettings)
-===== Disadvantage =====
-  * wastes space on old filesystems - aren't that many files though!
-  * unnecessary use of resources. this could be summed up in one XML file. only a crazy person would organize settings this way.
-===== Conclusion =====
-As a means to fix the only remaining disadvantage, I'd suggest writing/mounting a [[http://fuse.sourceforge.net/|FUSE]] module that stores the settings in a bdb or something.
-===== Alternatives =====
-May I suggest, you have a short look at [[http://www.libelektra.org/Why_Linux_Needs_to_be_Elektrified|Elektra]] - Probably thats what you want plus a bit more...
-===== Links =====
-[[http://blog.xfce.org/?p=171|Comments on this idea on the Xfce blog]]

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