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+;;; dconf.el ---  Edit dconf settings in an emacs buffer
+;;; 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) "/")))
+
+(if (string-match "*.gsets" buffer-file-name)
+    (progn
+      (add-hook ) ;BufReadPre
+      (conf-windows-mode) ;BufReadPost might be default
+      (add-hook after-save-hook
+		#'dconf-load-current-file)
+      )
+  )
+
+(provide 'dconf)
+;;; dconf.el ends here