diff --git a/lisp/dconf.el b/lisp/dconf-mode.el
similarity index 52%
rename from lisp/dconf.el
rename to lisp/dconf-mode.el
index f43324d..971f027 100644
--- a/lisp/dconf.el
+++ b/lisp/dconf-mode.el
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-;;; dconf.el ---  Edit dconf settings in an emacs buffer
+;;; 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.
 
@@ -15,16 +18,26 @@
   (interactive)
   (shell-command
    (concat "cat " buffer-file-name
-    " | dconf load /org/gnome/" (file-name-base 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
+      ;; (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
+(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