On 10/09/2019 17:49, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote: > Hi all > > After installing yad, a gtk3 shell-script dialog implementation, I finally > decided to solve my long-standing issue of some applications (evince) > complaining about > > > GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not > be saved or shared with other applications. > > > at startup. > > After digging a bit into gconf and gsettings, I finally found out that the > solution for my problem is to install dconf, which then serves as a real > working backend for gsettings. > > After installing dconf and restarting the desktop, the message disappeared and > I am now able to view and changes settings of those applications. And finally > also allow me to change the stupid default of the gtk3 file chooser to: > > > gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true > > > It seems to me that while the BLFS has dconf in it, and it is problably > referenced in the gnome section, there is no mention of it in the xfce4 > section (apart from mousepad, which is in the editors section). > > I'm not sure about where the best place would be, but as gtk3 already uses > gsettings/dconf as it's coonfiguration mechanism, it maybe could be listed as > an optional dependency of gtk3?
or a recommended run time dep? (if it prevents annoying warnings, it is in the category "that won't have issues [...] at run-time") Actually, I think dconf can be built before gtk3, but dconf-editor seems to need gtk3. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
