dconf-editor-with-extensions-schemas

dconf-editor-with-extensions-schemas

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

## man dconf-editor:
#
# > dconf-editor reads gsettings schemas from $XDG_DATA_DIRS/glib-2.0/schemas
# > to obtain descriptions, default values and allowed values for keys.
#
# It only reads compiled schemas and only look for a single file -
# 'gschemas.compiled' per XDG_DATA_DIR though.. (??)
#
# To satisfy the Majesty we temporary compile all extensions schemas in a
# temporary XDG_DATA_DIR directory. Do this each time to ensure we are up to
# date with the extensions.

temp_xdg_dir=$(mktemp --directory)
schema_dir=$temp_xdg_dir/glib-2.0/schemas

mkdir -p $schema_dir

# Note: */** instead of ** since ** doesn't follow symlinks
#       Want to support extensions that is symlinked into the extensions dir
schemas=($HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/*/**/schemas/*.xml)
ln -s $schemas $schema_dir

cd $schema_dir
nix-shell -p gobjectIntrospection --command 'glib-compile-schemas .'

XDG_DATA_DIRS=${XDG_DATA_DIRS}${XDG_DATA_DIRS:+:}$temp_xdg_dir dconf-editor

cd /tmp

rm -rf $temp_xdg_dir

Note: a much simpler method if you only need to configure one extension is:

GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=$HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/$EXTENSION/schemas dconf-editor