Settings management

Contents

Xfconf is Xfce configuration system since v4.6

Daemon
xfconfd

List all properties in all channels (without channel names )
xfconf-query --list | grep -E "^ " | tr -s ' ' | sed "s/^ //" | xargs -n 1 -I {} xfconf-query --channel {} -lv

Storage
Data are stored into ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml folder

d-bus binding

import dbus
from gi.repository import GLib
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop

def signal_handler(*args):
	for i, arg in enumerate(args):
		print("arg:%d %s" % (i, str(arg)))


DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
bus.add_signal_receiver(signal_handler, bus_name='org.xfce.Xfconf')
loop = GLib.MainLoop()
loop.run()

Changer le background de tous les desktops

xfconf-query --channel xfce4-desktop --list | grep "/last-image" | xargs -n 1 -I '{}' xfconf-query --channel xfce4-desktop --property {} --set /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/xubuntu-yakkety.png

Changer les shortcuts

List : xfconf-query --channel xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -lv
Set : xfconf-query --channel xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts --property /commands/custom/Print --set $HOME/programmes/prog/shell/xfce4-screenshot
Set : xfconf-query --channel xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts --property "/commands/custom/<Shift>Print" --set "$HOME/programmes/prog/shell/xfce4-screenshot --region"

Xfce terminal settings

Key value storage inside .config/xfce4/terminal/terminalrc file

For example, since v0.8.8, you can use:
MiscShowUnsafePasteDialog=FALSE
(see BUG#13252 to understand why)