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Re: [opensuse] Most odd... where are evolution's contact (address) information kept??
  • From: Karl Eichwalder <ke@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:09:27 +0100 (CET)
  • Message-id: <7920648.1131905367442.SLOX.WebMail.wwwrun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > GConf is the backend for holding configuration options for [just
> > about]
> > every GNOME application. $HOME/.gconf is where its database (a bunch
> > of
> > directories and XML files) is held.

Maybe, it is worth adding that GConf is not limited to Gnome
applications--it was invented to be used by all applications. GConf does
not require Gnome libraries and it is based on XML as the file format.

> And as a side note, KDE has a similar system, where configuration
> settings of KDE applications are
> stored in
> - - $HOME/.kde/share/config/ (*)
> - - $HOME/.kde/share/apps/.../ (**)

In the long run, we must find a way to unify both systems.


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