- 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
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