Re: [orca-list] Plugin system gsettings Migration

[Alexander Epaneshnikov <aarnaarn2 gmail com>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 09:09:22PM +0100, Linux A11y wrote:
> Howdy List,
>
> Nope i did not give up on bring a plugin system to orca. I was very bussy the last couple of weeks but i 
> need a project for christmas vocation ;).
>
> I‘m currently looking for an concept to move the  Settings storage from the JSON like file to gsettings. 
> Well i never used gsettings til now. Its very laborious to handle. You need to create a XML scheme for each 
> setting you have (and xml is IMO not very human friendly lol) but anyway. I stuck having another Problem.  
> Orca supports „per Application configuration“. So you van have a set of different settings per application. 
> Seems there is no „nice“ way to handle this in gsettings but creating lists in lists (what would make it 
> awful to handle in dconf (as well later in our new more generic preferences dialog) and programming, and 
> loose many of gsettings benefits AFAIK) or copy schemes on the fly as new copy on filesystem (not sure if 
> this is possible)

please please! I beg you. do not do this. ubuntu tried to do this and my
hatred for them has not faded ever since. there is no real reason to link orca
and gsettings. none at all.

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Sincerely, Alexander