glib/docs/reference/gio/gsettings-schema-convert.xml
Matthias Clasen ec664445a9 Rename gschema-compile to glib-compile-schemas
And clean up the autofoo a bit: use an uppercase variable,
check for pkg-config, check for presence of glib-compile-schemas.
2010-04-23 17:27:26 -04:00

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<refentry id="gsettings-schema-convert" lang="en">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>gsettings-schema-convert</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>gsettings-schema-convert</refname>
<refpurpose>GConf to GSettings schema conversion</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>gsettings-schema-convert</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">option</arg>
<arg choice="req">file</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>gsettings-schema-convert</command> converts between GConf
and GSettings schema file formats. Note that the conversion is not
expected to be fully automated. You are expected to verify and edit
the result of the conversion.
</para>
<para>
Note that GSettings schemas need to be converted into binary form
with <link linkend="glib-compile-schemas">glib-compile-schemas</link> before they
can be used by applications.
</para>
<refsect2><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Print help and exit
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o <replaceable>OUTPUT</replaceable></option>, <option>--output=<replaceable>OUTPUT</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Store the generated output in the file <replaceable>OUTPUT</replaceable>. If no output file is specified, the generated output is written to stdout.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-f</option>, <option>--force</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Overwrite the output file if it already exists.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-g</option>, <option>--gconf</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The input file is a GConf schema.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--simple</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The input file is a simple GSettings schema. If the input
format is not explicitly specified, this is the default.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-x</option>, <option>--xml</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Produce a GSettings schema in XML format. If the output format
is not explicitly specified, a GConf schema will be converted
into a simple Gsettings schema, and a simple GSettings schema
will be converted into XML.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-i <replaceable>ID</replaceable></option>, <option>--schema-id=<replaceable>ID</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Use <replaceable>ID</replaceable> as the schema id in the generated
GSettings schema.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></option>, <option>--gettext-domain=<replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Use <replaceable>DOMAIN</replaceable> as the gettext domain in the generated
GSettings schema.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>gsettings-data-convert</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry> a related command to migrate user settings
from GConf to GSettings.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>