mateconf-gsettings-data-convert (1) - Linux Manuals

The information about the mapping from MateConf keys to GSettings keys is taken from files in /usr/share/MateConf/gsettings. Each file in that directory is read as a key file, with sections for each GSettings schema that is being converted. The entries in each section map GSettings keys to paths in the MateConf database. Currently, mateconf-gsettings-data-convert supports all basic MateConf types as well as lists of strings and lists of integers.

A simple example might look like this:

[org.mate.fonts]
antialiasing = /desktop/mate/font_rendering/antialiasing
dpi = /desktop/mate/font_rendering/dpi
hinting = /desktop/mate/font_rendering/hinting
rgba_order = /desktop/mate/font_rendering/rgba_order

If the GSettings schema does not have a fixed path, you must specify the path in the group name, separated by a colon character:

[org.mate.fonts:/desktop/mate/font-rendering/]

mateconf-gsettings-data-convert keeps a list of the key files it has already converted, so it is safe to run it repeatedly to handle newly appeared key files. The expected use of this utility is to make each application install a key file for the MateConf keys that it wants to be migrated, and run mateconf-gsettings-data-convert every time a user logs in.

Options

-h, --help

Print help and exit

--dry-run

Do not make any changes, just report what would be done

--verbose

Show verbose messages