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

Basics

This plugin works on Mozilla preference files and is used in Elektra’s Firefox autoconfig script.

Installation

See installation. The package is called libelektra5-extra.

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:user:/tests/mozprefs
 
sudo kdb mount prefs.js user:/tests/mozprefs mozprefs
 
kdb meta-set user:/tests/mozprefs/lock/a/lock/key type boolean
kdb set user:/tests/mozprefs/lock/a/lock/key true
kdb meta-set user:/tests/mozprefs/pref/a/default/key type string
kdb set user:/tests/mozprefs/pref/a/default/key "i'm a default key"
kdb meta-set user:/tests/mozprefs/user/a/user/key type integer
kdb set user:/tests/mozprefs/user/a/user/key 123
 
cat `kdb file user:/tests/mozprefs`
#> lockPref("a.lock.key", true);
#> pref("a.default.key", "i'm a default key");
#> user_pref("a.user.key", 123);
 
# cleanup
kdb rm -r user:/tests/mozprefs
sudo kdb umount user:/tests/mozprefs