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Table 10.2
Included Configuration
Source
/etc/opt/gnome/opt/
gnome/gconf/2/
local-mandatory.path
${HOME}/.gconf.path
/etc/opt/gnome/opt/
gnome/gconf/2/
local-defaults.path
GConf Schema
A GConf schema is a collective term for a GConf schema key and a GConf schema
object. The following table describes schema keys and schema objects and their rela-
tionship to preference keys:
Table 10.3
Item
Preference key
Schema key
Schema object
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Description
Stores mandatory preference values for a particular
system.
Specifies the location of the configuration source
in the .gconf.pathfile in the user's home direc-
tory.
Stores default preference values for a particular
system.
Schema Keys and Objects
Description
An element in the GConf repository that corresponds to an ap-
plication preference.
A key that stores a schema object for a preference key.
An element in a configuration source that contains information
for a preference key, such as the following:
• The name of the application that uses the preference key
• The type of value required for the preference key (for exam-
ple, integer, boolean, etc.)