Description

The gsettings resource can be used for manipulation of Gnome configuration settings via the gsettings configuration tool added in Gnome v3.

Usage

gsettings "org.gnome.desktop.interface" do
  option "monospace-font-name"
  value "Monospace 14"
  user "bob"
end

• schema - used as the name attribute above, the dotted notation schema that contains the attribute
• option - the key being set with a new value
• value - the new value for the key, this should be a pure ruby type. the gsettings resource will automatically marshal the value into the GVariant format required by the underlying gsettings command line tool
• user - User name for whom the setting applies to, should be a valid account on the system.

Examples

Swap Ctrl and Caps Lock key

gsettings "org.gnome.libgnomekbd.keyboard" do
  option "options"
  user "bob"
  value ["ctrl\tctrl:nocaps"]
end

License and Author

Author:: Mark Roddy ()

Copyright:: 2012, Mark Roddy

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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