class Gio::Settings

Overview

The #GSettings class provides a convenient API for storing and retrieving application settings.

Reads and writes can be considered to be non-blocking. Reading settings with #GSettings is typically extremely fast: on approximately the same order of magnitude (but slower than) a #GHashTable lookup. Writing settings is also extremely fast in terms of time to return to your application, but can be extremely expensive for other threads and other processes. Many settings backends (including dconf) have lazy initialisation which means in the common case of the user using their computer without modifying any settings a lot of work can be avoided. For dconf, the D-Bus service doesn't even need to be started in this case. For this reason, you should only ever modify #GSettings keys in response to explicit user action. Particular care should be paid to ensure that modifications are not made during startup -- for example, when setting the initial value of preferences widgets. The built-in g_settings_bind() functionality is careful not to write settings in response to notify signals as a result of modifications that it makes to widgets.

When creating a GSettings instance, you have to specify a schema that describes the keys in your settings and their types and default values, as well as some other information.

Normally, a schema has a fixed path that determines where the settings are stored in the conceptual global tree of settings. However, schemas can also be '[relocatable][gsettings-relocatable]', i.e. not equipped with a fixed path. This is useful e.g. when the schema describes an 'account', and you want to be able to store a arbitrary number of accounts.

Paths must start with and end with a forward slash character ('/') and must not contain two sequential slash characters. Paths should be chosen based on a domain name associated with the program or library to which the settings belong. Examples of paths are "/org/gtk/settings/file-chooser/" and "/ca/desrt/dconf-editor/". Paths should not start with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" as they often did in GConf.

Unlike other configuration systems (like GConf), GSettings does not restrict keys to basic types like strings and numbers. GSettings stores values as #GVariant, and allows any #GVariantType for keys. Key names are restricted to lowercase characters, numbers and '-'. Furthermore, the names must begin with a lowercase character, must not end with a '-', and must not contain consecutive dashes.

Similar to GConf, the default values in GSettings schemas can be localized, but the localized values are stored in gettext catalogs and looked up with the domain that is specified in the gettext-domain attribute of the or elements and the category that is specified in the l10n attribute of the element. The string which is translated includes all text in the element, including any surrounding quotation marks.

The l10n attribute must be set to messages or time, and sets the locale category for translation. The messages category should be used by default; use time for translatable date or time formats. A translation comment can be added as an XML comment immediately above the element — it is recommended to add these comments to aid translators understand the meaning and implications of the default value. An optional translation context attribute can be set on the element to disambiguate multiple defaults which use the same string.

For example: |[

['bad', 'words'] ]|

Translations of default values must remain syntactically valid serialized #GVariants (e.g. retaining any surrounding quotation marks) or runtime errors will occur.

GSettings uses schemas in a compact binary form that is created by the [glib-compile-schemas][glib-compile-schemas] utility. The input is a schema description in an XML format.

A DTD for the gschema XML format can be found here: gschema.dtd

The [glib-compile-schemas][glib-compile-schemas] tool expects schema files to have the extension .gschema.xml.

At runtime, schemas are identified by their id (as specified in the id attribute of the element). The convention for schema ids is to use a dotted name, similar in style to a D-Bus bus name, e.g. "org.gnome.SessionManager". In particular, if the settings are for a specific service that owns a D-Bus bus name, the D-Bus bus name and schema id should match. For schemas which deal with settings not associated with one named application, the id should not use StudlyCaps, e.g. "org.gnome.font-rendering".

In addition to #GVariant types, keys can have types that have enumerated types. These can be described by a , or element, as seen in the [example][schema-enumerated]. The underlying type of such a key is string, but you can use g_settings_get_enum(), g_settings_set_enum(), g_settings_get_flags(), g_settings_set_flags() access the numeric values corresponding to the string value of enum and flags keys.

An example for default value: |[ 

<key name="greeting" type="s">
  <default l10n="messages">"Hello, earthlings"</default>
  <summary>A greeting</summary>
  <description>
    Greeting of the invading martians
  </description>
</key>

<key name="box" type="(ii)">
  <default>(20,30)</default>
</key>

<key name="empty-string" type="s">
  <default>""</default>
  <summary>Empty strings have to be provided in GVariant form</summary>
</key>
]|

An example for ranges, choices and enumerated types: |[ 

<key name="key-with-range" type="i">
  <range min="1" max="100"/>
  <default>10</default>
</key>

<key name="key-with-choices" type="s">
  <choices>
    <choice value='Elisabeth'/>
    <choice value='Annabeth'/>
    <choice value='Joe'/>
  </choices>
  <aliases>
    <alias value='Anna' target='Annabeth'/>
    <alias value='Beth' target='Elisabeth'/>
  </aliases>
  <default>'Joe'</default>
</key>

<key name='enumerated-key' enum='org.gtk.Test.myenum'>
  <default>'first'</default>
</key>

<key name='flags-key' flags='org.gtk.Test.myflags'>
  <default>["flag1","flag2"]</default>
</key>
 ]|

Vendor overrides

Default values are defined in the schemas that get 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][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. The schema id serves as the group name in the key file, and the values are expected in serialized GVariant form, as in the following example: |[ [org.gtk.Example] key1='string' key2=1.5 ]|

glib-compile-schemas expects schema files to have the extension .gschema.override.

Binding

A very convenient feature of GSettings lets you bind #GObject properties directly to settings, using g_settings_bind(). Once a GObject property has been bound to a setting, changes on either side are automatically propagated to the other side. GSettings handles details like mapping between GObject and GVariant types, and preventing infinite cycles.

This makes it very easy to hook up a preferences dialog to the underlying settings. To make this even more convenient, GSettings looks for a boolean property with the name "sensitivity" and automatically binds it to the writability of the bound setting. If this 'magic' gets in the way, it can be suppressed with the %G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY flag.

Relocatable schemas # {#gsettings-relocatable}

A relocatable schema is one with no #path attribute specified on its element. By using g_settings_new_with_path(), a #GSettings object can be instantiated for a relocatable schema, assigning a path to the instance. Paths passed to g_settings_new_with_path() will typically be constructed dynamically from a constant prefix plus some form of instance identifier; but they must still be valid GSettings paths. Paths could also be constant and used with a globally installed schema originating from a dependency library.

For example, a relocatable schema could be used to store geometry information for different windows in an application. If the schema ID was org.foo.MyApp.Window, it could be instantiated for paths /org/foo/MyApp/main/, /org/foo/MyApp/document-1/, /org/foo/MyApp/document-2/, etc. If any of the paths are well-known they can be specified as elements in the parent schema, e.g.: |[ ]|

Build system integration # {#gsettings-build-system}

GSettings comes with autotools integration to simplify compiling and installing schemas. To add GSettings support to an application, add the following to your configure.ac: |[ GLIB_GSETTINGS ]|

In the appropriate Makefile.am, use the following snippet to compile and install the named schema: |[ gsettings_SCHEMAS = org.foo.MyApp.gschema.xml EXTRA_DIST = $(gsettings_SCHEMAS)

@GSETTINGS_RULES@ ]|

No changes are needed to the build system to mark a schema XML file for translation. Assuming it sets the gettext-domain attribute, a schema may be marked for translation by adding it to POTFILES.in, assuming gettext 0.19 is in use (the preferred method for translation): |[ data/org.foo.MyApp.gschema.xml ]|

Alternatively, if intltool 0.50.1 is in use: |[ [type: gettext/gsettings]data/org.foo.MyApp.gschema.xml ]|

GSettings will use gettext to look up translations for the

and elements, and also any elements which have a l10n attribute set. Translations must not be included in the .gschema.xml file by the build system, for example by using intltool XML rules with a .gschema.xml.in template.

If an enumerated type defined in a C header file is to be used in a GSettings schema, it can either be defined manually using an element in the schema XML, or it can be extracted automatically from the C header. This approach is preferred, as it ensures the two representations are always synchronised. To do so, add the following to the relevant Makefile.am: |[ gsettings_ENUM_NAMESPACE = org.foo.MyApp gsettings_ENUM_FILES = my-app-enums.h my-app-misc.h ]|

gsettings_ENUM_NAMESPACE specifies the schema namespace for the enum files, which are specified in gsettings_ENUM_FILES. This will generate a org.foo.MyApp.enums.xml file containing the extracted enums, which will be automatically included in the schema compilation, install and uninstall rules. It should not be committed to version control or included in EXTRA_DIST.

Defined in:

lib/gi-crystal/src/auto/gio-2.0/settings.cr

Constructors

Class Method Summary

Instance Method Summary

Instance methods inherited from class GObject::Object

bind_property(source_property : String, target : GObject::Object, target_property : String, flags : GObject::BindingFlags) : GObject::Binding bind_property, bind_property_full(source_property : String, target : GObject::Object, target_property : String, flags : GObject::BindingFlags, transform_to : GObject::Closure, transform_from : GObject::Closure) : GObject::Binding bind_property_full, data(key : String) : Pointer(Void)? data, finalize finalize, freeze_notify : Nil freeze_notify, getv(names : Enumerable(String), values : Enumerable(_)) : Nil getv, notify(property_name : String) : Nil notify, notify_by_pspec(pspec : GObject::ParamSpec) : Nil notify_by_pspec, notify_signal notify_signal, property(property_name : String, value : _) : Nil property, qdata(quark : UInt32) : Pointer(Void)? qdata, ref_count : UInt32 ref_count, run_dispose : Nil run_dispose, set_data(key : String, data : Pointer(Void)?) : Nil set_data, set_property(property_name : String, value : _) : Nil set_property, steal_data(key : String) : Pointer(Void)? steal_data, steal_qdata(quark : UInt32) : Pointer(Void)? steal_qdata, thaw_notify : Nil thaw_notify, to_unsafe : Pointer(Void) to_unsafe, watch_closure(closure : GObject::Closure) : Nil watch_closure

Constructor methods inherited from class GObject::Object

cast(obj : GObject::Object) : self cast, cast?(obj : GObject::Object) : self? cast?, new(pointer : Pointer(Void), transfer : GICrystal::Transfer)
new new, newv(object_type : UInt64, parameters : Enumerable(GObject::Parameter)) : self newv

Class methods inherited from class GObject::Object

compat_control(what : UInt64, data : Pointer(Void)?) : UInt64 compat_control, g_type : UInt64 g_type, interface_find_property(g_iface : GObject::TypeInterface, property_name : String) : GObject::ParamSpec interface_find_property, interface_list_properties(g_iface : GObject::TypeInterface) : Enumerable(GObject::ParamSpec) interface_list_properties

Constructor Detail

def self.new(schema_id : String) : self #

Creates a new #GSettings object with the schema specified by @schema_id.

It is an error for the schema to not exist: schemas are an essential part of a program, as they provide type information. If schemas need to be dynamically loaded (for example, from an optional runtime dependency), g_settings_schema_source_lookup() can be used to test for their existence before loading them.

Signals on the newly created #GSettings object will be dispatched via the thread-default #GMainContext in effect at the time of the call to g_settings_new(). The new #GSettings will hold a reference on the context. See g_main_context_push_thread_default().


def self.new #

Initialize a new Settings.


def self.new(*, backend : Gio::SettingsBackend? = nil, delay_apply : Bool? = nil, has_unapplied : Bool? = nil, path : String? = nil, schema : String? = nil, schema_id : String? = nil, settings_schema : Gio::SettingsSchema? = nil) #

def self.new_full(schema : Gio::SettingsSchema, backend : Gio::SettingsBackend?, path : String?) : self #

Creates a new #GSettings object with a given schema, backend and path.

It should be extremely rare that you ever want to use this function. It is made available for advanced use-cases (such as plugin systems that want to provide access to schemas loaded from custom locations, etc).

At the most basic level, a #GSettings object is a pure composition of 4 things: a #GSettingsSchema, a #GSettingsBackend, a path within that backend, and a #GMainContext to which signals are dispatched.

This constructor therefore gives you full control over constructing #GSettings instances. The first 3 parameters are given directly as @schema, @backend and @path, and the main context is taken from the thread-default (as per g_settings_new()).

If @backend is nil then the default backend is used.

If @path is nil then the path from the schema is used. It is an error if @path is nil and the schema has no path of its own or if @path is non-nil and not equal to the path that the schema does have.


def self.new_with_backend(schema_id : String, backend : Gio::SettingsBackend) : self #

Creates a new #GSettings object with the schema specified by @schema_id and a given #GSettingsBackend.

Creating a #GSettings object with a different backend allows accessing settings from a database other than the usual one. For example, it may make sense to pass a backend corresponding to the "defaults" settings database on the system to get a settings object that modifies the system default settings instead of the settings for this user.


def self.new_with_backend_and_path(schema_id : String, backend : Gio::SettingsBackend, path : String) : self #

Creates a new #GSettings object with the schema specified by @schema_id and a given #GSettingsBackend and path.

This is a mix of g_settings_new_with_backend() and g_settings_new_with_path().


def self.new_with_path(schema_id : String, path : String) : self #

Creates a new #GSettings object with the relocatable schema specified by @schema_id and a given path.

You only need to do this if you want to directly create a settings object with a schema that doesn't have a specified path of its own. That's quite rare.

It is a programmer error to call this function for a schema that has an explicitly specified path.

It is a programmer error if @path is not a valid path. A valid path begins and ends with '/' and does not contain two consecutive '/' characters.


Class Method Detail

def self.g_type : UInt64 #

Returns the type id (GType) registered in GLib type system.


def self.list_relocatable_schemas : Enumerable(String) #

Deprecated.


def self.list_schemas : Enumerable(String) #

Deprecated.


def self.sync : Nil #

Ensures that all pending operations are complete for the default backend.

Writes made to a #GSettings are handled asynchronously. For this reason, it is very unlikely that the changes have it to disk by the time g_settings_set() returns.

This call will block until all of the writes have made it to the backend. Since the mainloop is not running, no change notifications will be dispatched during this call (but some may be queued by the time the call is done).


def self.unbind(object : GObject::Object, property : String) : Nil #

Removes an existing binding for @property on @object.

Note that bindings are automatically removed when the object is finalized, so it is rarely necessary to call this function.


Instance Method Detail

def apply : Nil #

Applies any changes that have been made to the settings. This function does nothing unless @settings is in 'delay-apply' mode; see g_settings_delay(). In the normal case settings are always applied immediately.


def backend : Gio::SettingsBackend? #

def backend=(value : Gio::SettingsBackend?) : Gio::SettingsBackend? #

def bind(key : String, object : GObject::Object, property : String, flags : Gio::SettingsBindFlags) : Nil #

Create a binding between the @key in the @settings object and the property @property of @object.

The binding uses the default GIO mapping functions to map between the settings and property values. These functions handle booleans, numeric types and string types in a straightforward way. Use g_settings_bind_with_mapping() if you need a custom mapping, or map between types that are not supported by the default mapping functions.

Unless the @flags include %G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY, this function also establishes a binding between the writability of @key and the "sensitive" property of @object (if @object has a boolean property by that name). See g_settings_bind_writable() for more details about writable bindings.

Note that the lifecycle of the binding is tied to @object, and that you can have only one binding per object property. If you bind the same property twice on the same object, the second binding overrides the first one.


def bind_writable(key : String, object : GObject::Object, property : String, inverted : Bool) : Nil #

Create a binding between the writability of @key in the @settings object and the property @property of @object. The property must be boolean; "sensitive" or "visible" properties of widgets are the most likely candidates.

Writable bindings are always uni-directional; changes of the writability of the setting will be propagated to the object property, not the other way.

When the @inverted argument is true, the binding inverts the value as it passes from the setting to the object, i.e. @property will be set to true if the key is not writable.

Note that the lifecycle of the binding is tied to @object, and that you can have only one binding per object property. If you bind the same property twice on the same object, the second binding overrides the first one.


def boolean(key : String) : Bool #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for booleans.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a boolean type in the schema for @settings.


def change_event_signal #

def changed_signal #

def child(name : String) : Gio::Settings #

Creates a child settings object which has a base path of base-path/@name, where base-path is the base path of @settings.

The schema for the child settings object must have been declared in the schema of @settings using a <child> element.

The created child settings object will inherit the #GSettings:delay-apply mode from @settings.


def create_action(key : String) : Gio::Action #

Creates a #GAction corresponding to a given #GSettings key.

The action has the same name as the key.

The value of the key becomes the state of the action and the action is enabled when the key is writable. Changing the state of the action results in the key being written to. Changes to the value or writability of the key cause appropriate change notifications to be emitted for the action.

For boolean-valued keys, action activations take no parameter and result in the toggling of the value. For all other types, activations take the new value for the key (which must have the correct type).


def default_value(key : String) : GLib::Variant? #

Gets the "default value" of a key.

This is the value that would be read if g_settings_reset() were to be called on the key.

Note that this may be a different value than returned by g_settings_schema_key_get_default_value() if the system administrator has provided a default value.

Comparing the return values of g_settings_get_default_value() and g_settings_get_value() is not sufficient for determining if a value has been set because the user may have explicitly set the value to something that happens to be equal to the default. The difference here is that if the default changes in the future, the user's key will still be set.

This function may be useful for adding an indication to a UI of what the default value was before the user set it.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings.


def delay : Nil #

Changes the #GSettings object into 'delay-apply' mode. In this mode, changes to @settings are not immediately propagated to the backend, but kept locally until g_settings_apply() is called.


def delay_apply? : Bool #

def double(key : String) : Float64 #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for doubles.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a 'double' type in the schema for @settings.


def enum(key : String) : Int32 #

Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key and converts it to the enum value that it represents.

In order to use this function the type of the value must be a string and it must be marked in the schema file as an enumerated type.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings or is not marked as an enumerated type.

If the value stored in the configuration database is not a valid value for the enumerated type then this function will return the default value.


def flags(key : String) : UInt32 #

Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key and converts it to the flags value that it represents.

In order to use this function the type of the value must be an array of strings and it must be marked in the schema file as a flags type.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings or is not marked as a flags type.

If the value stored in the configuration database is not a valid value for the flags type then this function will return the default value.


def has_unapplied : Bool #

Returns whether the #GSettings object has any unapplied changes. This can only be the case if it is in 'delayed-apply' mode.


def has_unapplied? : Bool #

def int(key : String) : Int32 #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for 32-bit integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a int32 type in the schema for @settings.


def int64(key : String) : Int64 #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for 64-bit integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a int64 type in the schema for @settings.


def is_writable(name : String) : Bool #

Finds out if a key can be written or not


def list_children : Enumerable(String) #

Gets the list of children on @settings.

The list is exactly the list of strings for which it is not an error to call g_settings_get_child().

There is little reason to call this function from "normal" code, since you should already know what children are in your schema. This function may still be useful there for introspection reasons, however.

You should free the return value with g_strfreev() when you are done with it.


def list_keys : Enumerable(String) #

Introspects the list of keys on @settings.

You should probably not be calling this function from "normal" code (since you should already know what keys are in your schema). This function is intended for introspection reasons.

You should free the return value with g_strfreev() when you are done with it.


def mapped(key : String, mapping : Gio::SettingsGetMapping, user_data : Pointer(Void)?) : Pointer(Void)? #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings, subject to application-level validation/mapping.

You should use this function when the application needs to perform some processing on the value of the key (for example, parsing). The @mapping function performs that processing. If the function indicates that the processing was unsuccessful (due to a parse error, for example) then the mapping is tried again with another value.

This allows a robust 'fall back to defaults' behaviour to be implemented somewhat automatically.

The first value that is tried is the user's setting for the key. If the mapping function fails to map this value, other values may be tried in an unspecified order (system or site defaults, translated schema default values, untranslated schema default values, etc).

If the mapping function fails for all possible values, one additional attempt is made: the mapping function is called with a nil value. If the mapping function still indicates failure at this point then the application will be aborted.

The result parameter for the @mapping function is pointed to a #gpointer which is initially set to nil. The same pointer is given to each invocation of @mapping. The final value of that #gpointer is what is returned by this function. nil is valid; it is returned just as any other value would be.


def path : String #

def path=(value : String) : String #

def range(key : String) : GLib::Variant #

Queries the range of a key.


def range_check(key : String, value : _) : Bool #

Checks if the given @value is of the correct type and within the permitted range for @key.


def reset(key : String) : Nil #

Resets @key to its default value.

This call resets the key, as much as possible, to its default value. That might be the value specified in the schema or the one set by the administrator.


def revert : Nil #

Reverts all non-applied changes to the settings. This function does nothing unless @settings is in 'delay-apply' mode; see g_settings_delay(). In the normal case settings are always applied immediately.

Change notifications will be emitted for affected keys.


def schema : String #

def schema=(value : String) : String #

def schema_id : String #

def schema_id=(value : String) : String #

def set_boolean(key : String, value : Bool) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for booleans.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a boolean type in the schema for @settings.


def set_double(key : String, value : Float64) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for doubles.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a 'double' type in the schema for @settings.


def set_enum(key : String, value : Int32) : Bool #

Looks up the enumerated type nick for @value and writes it to @key, within @settings.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings or is not marked as an enumerated type, or for @value not to be a valid value for the named type.

After performing the write, accessing @key directly with g_settings_get_string() will return the 'nick' associated with @value.


def set_flags(key : String, value : UInt32) : Bool #

Looks up the flags type nicks for the bits specified by @value, puts them in an array of strings and writes the array to @key, within @settings.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings or is not marked as a flags type, or for @value to contain any bits that are not value for the named type.

After performing the write, accessing @key directly with g_settings_get_strv() will return an array of 'nicks'; one for each bit in @value.


def set_int(key : String, value : Int32) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for 32-bit integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a int32 type in the schema for @settings.


def set_int64(key : String, value : Int64) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for 64-bit integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a int64 type in the schema for @settings.


def set_string(key : String, value : String) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for strings.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a string type in the schema for @settings.


def set_strv(key : String, value : Enumerable(String)?) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for string arrays. If @value is nil, then @key is set to be the empty array.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having an array of strings type in the schema for @settings.


def set_uint(key : String, value : UInt32) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for 32-bit unsigned integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a uint32 type in the schema for @settings.


def set_uint64(key : String, value : UInt64) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

A convenience variant of g_settings_set() for 64-bit unsigned integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a uint64 type in the schema for @settings.


def set_value(key : String, value : _) : Bool #

Sets @key in @settings to @value.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings or for @value to have the incorrect type, per the schema.

If @value is floating then this function consumes the reference.


def settings_schema : Gio::SettingsSchema? #

def settings_schema=(value : Gio::SettingsSchema?) : Gio::SettingsSchema? #

def string(key : String) : String #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for strings.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a string type in the schema for @settings.


def strv(key : String) : Enumerable(String) #

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for string arrays.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having an array of strings type in the schema for @settings.


def uint(key : String) : UInt32 #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for 32-bit unsigned integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a uint32 type in the schema for @settings.


def uint64(key : String) : UInt64 #

Gets the value that is stored at @key in @settings.

A convenience variant of g_settings_get() for 64-bit unsigned integers.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't specified as having a uint64 type in the schema for @settings.


def user_value(key : String) : GLib::Variant? #

Checks the "user value" of a key, if there is one.

The user value of a key is the last value that was set by the user.

After calling g_settings_reset() this function should always return nil (assuming something is not wrong with the system configuration).

It is possible that g_settings_get_value() will return a different value than this function. This can happen in the case that the user set a value for a key that was subsequently locked down by the system administrator -- this function will return the user's old value.

This function may be useful for adding a "reset" option to a UI or for providing indication that a particular value has been changed.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings.


def value(key : String) : GLib::Variant #

Gets the value that is stored in @settings for @key.

It is a programmer error to give a @key that isn't contained in the schema for @settings.


def writable_change_event_signal #

def writable_changed_signal #