Re: [Evolution] User Interface

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 21:20 +0200, Tom wrote:
> I'd like it had been so easy, but the labels are content of
> ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/mail/%gconf.xml
> So I can't simply replace files :-(((
> I have to find a way to replace content ...

        Hi,
it's similar (but not the same) as the `dconf` commands Ralf provided,
only the tool to manipulate GConf settings in your ancient version is
called `gconftool-2`. Try:

   $ gconftool-2 --help-load

which offers --dump for saving and --load for restoring from a file.

You are right that you should not manipulate the files directly,
because GConf runs in a background and caches the content, thus even if
you change the file the GConf daemon would not notice, eventually it
can even rewrite your changes with the cached content. You are safe, if
you use the gconftool-2 for the manipulation. Similar applies to DConf
files, I believe.
        Bye,
        Milan