emacs/lisp/dconf-mode.el

;;; dconf-mode.el ---  Edit dconf settings in an emacs buffer
;;;###autoload
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.gsets" . dconf-mode))
;;; Commentary:

;; I haven't completely given up on GNOME.  This is a little wrapper I've ported
;; from my vim config to modify and save the running GNOME state to files.

;; The relevant vim settings:

;; autocmd BufReadPre *.gsets silent !dconf dump /org/gnome/%:t:r/ > %
;; autocmd BufReadPost *.gsets set ft=dosini
;; autocmd BufWritePost *.gsets silent !cat % | dconf load /org/gnome/%:t:r/

;;; Code:
(defun dconf-load-current-file ()
  "Load the current file into dconf's live registry."
  (interactive)
  (shell-command
   (concat "cat " buffer-file-name
	   " | dconf load /org/gnome/" (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 /org/gnome/" (file-name-base buffer-file-name) "/")
   (current-buffer)))

(if (string-match "*.gsets" buffer-file-name)
    (progn
      ;; (add-hook) ;BufReadPre
      (conf-windows-mode) ;BufReadPost might be default
      )
  )

(define-derived-mode dconf-mode conf-mode "Dconf"
  (add-hook after-save-hook
	    #'dconf-load-current-file)
  )

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