Re: ~/.gnome2/myapp file?

[Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix debian org>]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:08:14PM +0200, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> Is there an easy way to access the ~/.gnome2/myapp file?

The gnome-config part of the GNOME API.

> Whats the difference between using gconf2 and using a ~/.gnome2/myapp 
> file?

Gconf - or rather, it's backend on a particular system - is not guaranteed
to be writable. IOW, your app (through user interaction or otherwise) won't
always be able to save it's settings stored in gconf.

> When do I use what?

Configuration which may get lost -> gconf.
Important configuration -> gnome-config.


Regards,

Filip

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