dconf-mode/dconf-mode.el

;;; dconf-mode.el ---  Edit dconf settings in an emacs buffer

;; Author: Miranda Marquez <dr.m.perseos@gmail.com>
;; URL: https://git.marq42.xyz/mir/dconf-mode
;; Version: 0.1
;; Keywords: convenience

;;; Copyright © 2022 Miranda Marquez <dr.m.perseos@gmail.com>
;;;
;;;
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;;;
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;;; Commentary:

;; dconf-mode is a lightweight major mode for editing dconf databases such as
;; the settings of the GNOME desktop environment from the comfort of Emacs, and
;; saving its configuration in simple text files.


;;; Code:

(defcustom dconf--default-path "/org/gnome/"
  "The default path for dconf-mode to read and write from."
  :group 'dconf-mode
  :type 'string)

(defun dconf-load-current-file ()
  "Load the current file into dconf's live registry."
  (interactive)
  (shell-command
   (concat "cat " buffer-file-name
	   " | dconf load " dconf--default-path (file-name-base buffer-file-name) "/")))
(defun dconf-dump-current-file ()
  "Load dconf's live registry into the current file."
  (interactive)
  (erase-buffer)
  (shell-command
   (concat "dconf dump " dconf--default-path (file-name-base buffer-file-name) "/")
   (current-buffer)))

(defun dconf-edit (path)
  "Open a dconf buffer to edit PATH."
  (interactive "M")
  (pop-to-buffer (get-buffer-create (format "*dconf %s*" path)))
  (setq-local dconf-current-path path)
  (dconf-mode))

;;;###autoload
(define-derived-mode dconf-mode conf-mode "Dconf"
  "Major mode for interacting with the dconf database."
  :group 'dconf-mode
  ;; :after-hook (dconf-dump-current-file)
  (add-hook 'after-save-hook 'dconf-load-current-file 0 t))

;;;###autoload
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.gsets" . dconf-mode))

(provide 'dconf-mode)
;;; dconf-mode.el ends here