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Document extension points and environment variables

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Matthias Clasen
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</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GSETTINGS_BACKEND</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the name of a #GSettingsBackend
implementation to override the default for debugging purposes.
The keyfile-based implementation that is included in GIO has
the name "memory", the one in dconf has the name "dconf-settings".
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the name of a directory that is
considered in addition to the <filename>glib-2.0/schemas</filename>
subdirectories of the XDG system data dirs when looking
for compiled schemas for #GSettings.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title><envar>GSETTINGS_MEMORY_BACKEND_STORE</envar></title>
<para>
This variable can be set to the path where the built-in #GSettings
backend stores its keyfile. By default, the keyfile is stored in
<filename>$HOME/.config/gsettings/store</filename>.
</para>
</formalpara>
</chapter>
<chapter id="extending-gio">
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same GConf keys as gnome-vfs.
</para>
</formalpara>
<formalpara>
<title>G_SETTINGS_BACKEND_EXTENSION_POINT_NAME</title>
<para>
Allows to provide an alternative storage for #GSettings.
Implementations of this extension point must derive from the
#GSettingsBackend type. GIO contains a keyfile-based
implementation of this extension point, another one is provided
by dconf.
</para>
</formalpara>
</chapter>
</part>