Re: [gedit-list] Transferring gedit settings to another user profile

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 10:40:40AM +0000, Mark Ballard wrote:
> > ~/.local/share/,
>
> I can't see anything in here relating to gedit. But I do see a lot of
> things I don't want to copy. Is there anything in particular that gedit
> needs?

If there are some things to copy for gedit, it'll be in:
~/.local/share/gedit/

> > and copy the directory or file where the dconf values are stored.
> So that must be easier said than done?! Ah yes, it is. Here's a solution
> someone proposed on Ask Ubuntu:
>
> """.
> gedit keeps some of it's preferences in gnome registry.
>
> You can see them if you spawn gconf-editor and visit /apps/gedit-2

gconf is the old settings system that was used in GNOME 2. When
searching something on the web, read also the date ;)

For dconf, a quick search can give you the answer:
$ man dconf

       dconf dump DIR
       dconf load DIR

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Sébastien