Re: [Geary] file where program preferences are saved?

[Federico Bruni <fede inventati org>]

Hey Niels

No result from below command.

Anyway, I could not reproduce the strange issue I described in my first 
message.
Everything seems to work fine again.


Il giorno gio 1 giu 2017 alle 0:06, Niels De Graef 
<nielsdegraef gmail com> ha scritto:
> Hey Federico!
>
> For the record: we didn't rename the geary-autostart.desktop.in file, 
> as
> that wasn't necessary (if you want to know, we create/remove the 
> autostart file
> in '~/.config/autostart/' at runtime based on the aforementioned 
> preference).
>
> To be honest, your situation reminds me a bit of the (unfinished) 
> patch in
> bug 775956 (making a Geary DBus-activatable), in which we *did* have 
> to modify
> the geary-autostart file.
>
> Could you please run the following command and check if it returns 
> any results?
>
> $ ls /usr/share/dbus-1/services | fgrep 'org.gnome.Geary'
>
>
> If so, please delete that file and make sure you have the latest 
> master
> installed.
>
> If that didn't solve your problem, don't hesitate to reply so we can 
> look
> further into this together. I'm also available most of the time on
> irc.gnome.org in the #geary channel, if you prefer that.
>
> Kind regards,
> Niels
>
> P.S. thank you for taking your time to test and translate Geary!
>
>
> On wo, mei 31, 2017 at 3:09 , Federico Bruni <fede inventati org> 
> wrote:
> > And if I check that option, geary seems to be called without the 
> > --hidden option:
> >
> > $ ps aux | grep geary
> > fede     13962 16.6  3.2 3474744 263200 tty2   RLl+ 15:00   0:14 
> > geary
> >
> > Perhaps because the autostart desktop file has not been renamed as 
> > org.Gnome...?
> >
> > $ cat desktop/geary-autostart.desktop.in
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > _Name=Geary
> > _GenericName=Mail Client
> > _X-GNOME-FullName=Geary Mail
> > _Comment=Send and receive email
> > _Keywords=Email;E-mail;Mail;
> > Icon=geary
> > TryExec=geary
> > Exec=geary --hidden
> > Type=Application
> > Terminal=false
> > Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;Email;
> > StartupNotify=true
> > NoDisplay=true
> >
> > There's a long discussion here:
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766196#c13
> >
> > Perhaps Niels can shed some light..
> >
> > Thanks
> > Federico
> >
> >
> > Il giorno mer 31 mag 2017 alle 13:49, Federico Bruni 
> > <fede inventati org> ha scritto:
> > > BTW, the impression is confirmed.
> > > I see that after closing Geary, the process stays active, even if 
> > > "always watch for new mail" is unchecked.
> > >
> > > In fact geary is called without arguments:
> > >
> > > $ ps aux | grep geary
> > > fede 6646 24.7 3.3 3507672 273676 tty2 SLl+ 13:44 0:08 geary
> > >
> > > I'm running a self-compiled version on Fedora:
> > >
> > > $ geary --version
> > > geary master~g5ab6f42
> > >
> > >
> > > Il giorno mer 31 mag 2017 alle 12:51, Federico Bruni 
> > > <fede inventati org> ha scritto:
> > > > Hi all
> > > >
> > > > I know that the settings files are organized this way:
> > > >
> > > > - ~/.config/geary contains the .ini files which define the email 
> > > > settings for each account
> > > > - ~/.local/share/geary contains database and attachments for each 
> > > > account
> > > >
> > > > What about the settings defined in the Preferences (which are 
> > > > valid for every account)?
> > > > There's a file somewhere where these settings are stored?
> > > >
> > > > I'm asking this question because I have the impression that on my 
> > > > desktop computer Geary is always checking for new mail, even if 
> > > > the relevant preference is not checked.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > Federico