Prefs not saved except through Preferences dialogue

[cumpstey]

gDesklets 0.35.3

I gather that desklet preferences are stored in ~/gdesklets/registry/config0x7e982137.db. I guess, though experimentation, that desklet preferences are only written to this file when the preferences dialogue box is closed. This means that a change to any preferences made without opening the Preferences dialogue (by using the Prefs namespace, eg: Prefs.pref.value = "text") will not be stored until the Preferences dialogue box is opened then closed. This severely limits how interactive a desklet can be, as preferences set using a custom menu or an entry box will not be carried over to subsequent sessions. Perhaps preferences could be stored when the desklet is shut down, or a command could be issued to save preferences.

[Bjoern Koch (h.humpel)]

Well, first I thought this is a bug and might be easy to fix.
But on second thought I am quiet not sure if it is a good idea to change and save settings / prefs without the user's interactivity and/or knowledge. This "feature" could be misused (in general). And I don't like the idea of a desklet / program changing my prefs to "whatever" without asking me, or even worse: without even noticing me.
Maybe we should be discussing this first on the mailing list or on (every) Sunday's IRC meeting ?!

[Christian Meyer (chrisime)]

I agree to discuss the issue on the mailing list.

[Bjoern Koch (h.humpel)]

We still need an opinion on this one.
I still don't feel very comfy with this one although I agree that sometime it might be useful.

Pushing this one to the mailing list to find an agreement.

[MarioGonzalez (gonzalemario)]

This is done already and it's documented http://gdesklets.de/develbook/script-builtins.html

So, set_config() and get_config() are your new friends now :-)

I will set this bug report as "Invalid" then.

[cumpstey (neil-cumpstey)]

Great. Thank you.

Neil

2008/12/18 MarioGonzalez <email address hidden>:
> This is done already and it's documented http://gdesklets.de/develbook
> /script-builtins.html
>
> So, set_config() and get_config() are your new friends now :-)
>
> I will set this bug report as "Invalid" then.
>
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