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NAME
glib-compile-schemas - GSettings schema compiler
SYNOPSIS
glib-compile-schemas [OPTION…] DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION
glib-compile-schemas compiles all the GSettings XML schema files in DI-
RECTORY into a binary file with the name gschemas.compiled that can be
used by GSettings. The XML schema files must have the filename extension
.gschema.xml. For a detailed description of the XML file format, see the
GSettings documentation.
At runtime, GSettings looks for schemas in the glib-2.0/schemas subdi-
rectories of all directories specified in the XDG_DATA_DIRS and
XDG_DATA_HOME environment variables. The usual location to install
schema files is /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas.
In addition to schema files, glib-compile-schemas reads ‘vendor over-
ride’ files, which are key files that can override default values for
keys in the schemas. The group names in the key files are the schema ID,
and the values are written in serialized GVariant form. Vendor override
files must have the filename extension .gschema.override.
By convention, vendor override files begin with nn_ where nn is a number
from 00 to 99. Higher numbered files have higher priority (e.g. if the
same override is made in a file numbered 10 and then again in a file
numbered 20, the override from 20 will take precedence).
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Print help and exit.
--version
Print program version and exit.
--targetdir <TARGET>
Store gschemas.compiled in the TARGET directory instead of DIRECTORY.
--strict
Abort on any errors in schemas. Without this option, faulty schema
files are simply omitted from the resulting compiled schema.
--dry-run
Don’t write gschemas.compiled. This option can be used to check
.gschema.xml sources for errors.
--allow-any-name
Do not enforce restrictions on key names. Note that this option is
purely to facility the transition from GConf, and will be removed at
some time in the future.
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