Plugin: mozprefs

• infos = Information about the mozprefs plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = Thomas Waser thoma.nosp@m.s.wa.nosp@m.ser@l.nosp@m.ibel.nosp@m.ektra.nosp@m..org
• infos/licence = BSD
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• infos/provides = storage
• infos/recommends =
• infos/placements = getstorage setstorage
• infos/status = maintained reviewed conformant compatible coverage specific tested nodep libc preview experimental difficult unfinished nodoc concept
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• infos/description =

This plugin works on Mozilla preference files and is used in Elektras Firefox autoconfig script.

Preference Types

• Default preferences: pref(...., keys below mountpoint/pref/.
• User preferences: user_pref(...., keys below mountpoint/user/.
• Lock preferences: lockPref(...., keys below mountpoint/lock/.
• Sticky preferences: sticky_pref(...., keys below mountpoint/sticky/.

Only Keys below one of these points are valid, everything else will be dropped

Data Types

• integer
• string
• boolean

Hierarchy

In Mozilla preference files . is used to separate sections, while elektra uses /. For simplification, and because / isn't allowed in preference keys, the plugin treats . and / equally.

``` kdb set system/prefs/lock/a/lock/key lock kdb set system/prefs/lock/a/lock.key lock kdb set system/prefs/lock/a.lock.key lock ```

will all result in lockPref("a.lock.key", "lock");

Example

``` % kdb mount prefs.js user/prefs mozprefs % kdb setmeta user/prefs/lock/a/lock/key type boolean % kdb set user/prefs/lock/a/lock/key true % kdb setmeta user/prefs/pref/a/default/key type string % kdb set user/prefs/pref/a/default/key "i'm a default key" % kdb setmeta user/prefs/user/a/user/key type integer % kdb set user/prefs/user/a/user/key 123

% kdb export user/prefs

[lock/a/lock] key = true [pref/a/default] key = i'm a default key [user/a/user] key = 123

% cat kdb file user/prefs

lockPref("a.lock.key", true); pref("a.default.key", "i'm a default key"); user_pref("a.user.key", 123);

```