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
• infos/needs =
• infos/provides = storage
• infos/recommends =
• infos/placements = getstorage setstorage
• infos/status = maintained reviewed conformant compatible coverage specific unittest tested nodep libc preview experimental difficult limited unfinished concept
• infos/metadata =
• infos/description = storage plugin for mozilla preferences

This plugin works on Mozilla preference files and is used in Elektra’s 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

```

Backup-and-Restore:/examples/prefs

sudo kdb mount prefs.js /examples/prefs mozprefs

kdb setmeta user/examples/prefs/lock/a/lock/key type boolean kdb set /examples/prefs/lock/a/lock/key true kdb setmeta user/examples/prefs/pref/a/default/key type string kdb set /examples/prefs/pref/a/default/key "i'm a default key" kdb setmeta user/examples/prefs/user/a/user/key type integer kdb set /examples/prefs/user/a/user/key 123

kdb export user/examples/prefs ini #> [lock/a/lock] #> # type = boolean #> key = true #> [pref/a/default] #> # type = string #> key = i'm a default key #> [user/a/user] #> # type = integer #> key = 123

cat kdb file user/examples/prefs #> lockPref("a.lock.key", true); #> pref("a.default.key", "i'm a default key"); #> user_pref("a.user.key", 123);

cleanup

kdb rm -r /examples/prefs sudo kdb umount /examples/prefs ```