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| author | adamw <adamw@df743ca5-7f9a-e211-a948-0013205c9059> | 2004-03-29 11:42:40 +0800 |
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| committer | adamw <adamw@df743ca5-7f9a-e211-a948-0013205c9059> | 2004-03-29 11:42:40 +0800 |
| commit | acf0ea91e56aae171a187d17cf2d25d88930076a (patch) | |
| tree | 225e4e7a709451114447e92bf3846e1eada9cf59 /devel/gconf2 | |
| parent | ba137501f6eafae4bf30b6054d8f8684a719d996 (diff) | |
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Professionalize the descriptions of the pieces of the GNOME
system. Monkey-bubble's description still makes no sense ::)
git-svn-id: svn://creme-brulee.marcuscom.com/ports/trunk@2203 df743ca5-7f9a-e211-a948-0013205c9059
Diffstat (limited to 'devel/gconf2')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/gconf2/pkg-descr | 28 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/devel/gconf2/pkg-descr b/devel/gconf2/pkg-descr index 0658ef70f..010cc810e 100644 --- a/devel/gconf2/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/gconf2/pkg-descr @@ -1,22 +1,18 @@ -GConf attempts to leapfrog the registry concept. It's a library which provides -a simple configuration data storage interface to applications, and also an -architecture that tries to make things easy for system administrators. +GConf extends the concept of a configuration registry. It provides +a simple way for applications and administrators to store data; +often GConf is used to store preferences for applications. -Here are some of the features of GConf: +Some of the features of GConf are: +GConf provides: - * Replaceable backend architecture. + * Documentation for each configuration key, so that administrators + can better modify the value. - * Configuration key documentation. Applications can install documentation - along with their configuration data, explaining the possible settings and - the effect of each configuration key. + * Notifications to interested applications when configuration data + is changed. The notification service works across networks, + affecting all login sessions for a single user. - * Data change notification service. If configuration data is changed, all - interested applications are notified. The notification service works - across the network, affecting all login sessions for a single user. - - * The client API is very abstract. - - * GConf does proper locking so that the configuration data doesn't get - corrupted when multiple applications try to use it. + * Proper locking so that configuration data doesn't get corrupted + when accessed by multiple applications at the same time. WWW: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ |