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-====== Configuration Storage System - xfconf ======+====== xfconf - Configuration Storage System ====== 
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 +  * **[[#Accessing Configuration Data|Accessing Configuration Data]]** 
 +    * [[xfce:xfce4-settings:editor|xfce4-settings-editor]] 
 +    * [[xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query|xfconf-query]] 
 +  * **[[#Kiosk Mode|Kiosk Mode]]** 
 +  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** 
 +  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** 
 +  * **[[https://developer.xfce.org/xfconf/index.html|xfconf API documentation (for developers)]]** 
 +  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** 
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 +===== Introduction =====
  
 Xfconf is a hierarchical (tree-like) configuration system where the immediate child nodes of the root are called "channels".  All settings beneath the channel nodes are called "properties." Xfconf is a hierarchical (tree-like) configuration system where the immediate child nodes of the root are called "channels".  All settings beneath the channel nodes are called "properties."
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   * Channel: ExampleApp, property: /Main/History-Window/Last-Accessed   * Channel: ExampleApp, property: /Main/History-Window/Last-Accessed
   * Channel: exampleapp, property: /MAIN/history-window/last-accessed   * Channel: exampleapp, property: /MAIN/history-window/last-accessed
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 ===== Accessing Configuration Data ===== ===== Accessing Configuration Data =====
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   * From Command Line Interface (CLI) using [[:xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query:|xfconf-query]].   * From Command Line Interface (CLI) using [[:xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query:|xfconf-query]].
   * From GUI. Settings, which are not exposed in configuration dialogs, can be browsed and manipulated using [[xfce:xfce4-settings:editor|Settings Editor]].   * From GUI. Settings, which are not exposed in configuration dialogs, can be browsed and manipulated using [[xfce:xfce4-settings:editor|Settings Editor]].
-  * If everything else fails, settings can be edited manually. Xfconf stores all its data in [[xml-file-format|XML files]], which can be edited when Xfconf is not running. Be very careful when using this option, as it is easy to make the file unparseable or inconsistent.+  * If everything else fails, settings can be edited manually. Xfconf stores all its data in XML files, which can be edited when Xfconf is not running. Be very careful when using this option, as it is easy to make the file unparseable or inconsistent. 
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 ===== Kiosk Mode ===== ===== Kiosk Mode =====
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 See [[:xfce:xfce4-session:advanced#kiosk_mode|Xfce-Session Kiosk Mode]] for specific parameter used in configuring kiosk mode. See [[:xfce:xfce4-session:advanced#kiosk_mode|Xfce-Session Kiosk Mode]] for specific parameter used in configuring kiosk mode.
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 +===== Latest Release =====
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 +{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfconf 1 date 2h}}
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 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
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 +  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfconf/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here)
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 +===== Source Code Repository =====
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf|]]
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 ===== Reporting Bugs ===== ===== Reporting Bugs =====
  
-  * **[[:xfce:xfconf:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs+  * **[[:xfce:xfconf:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports
  
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