Xfconf channel/property names

[Mike Massonnet]

Ok, understood.

Thanks :-)
Mike

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:01:38AM -0700, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> Mike Massonnet wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Why can't a channel name have a slash?
> 
> Because slashes are property tree separators.  The full "canonical" name 
> of a property is "/channelname/prop/name/foo".  Having the channel name 
> dealt with separately from the property name is mainly a holdover from 
> MCS, and a way to make the separation between channels more 'concrete'.
> 
> >  Right now, the channel name can't have
> > slashes, while the property name can.
> 
> Not entirely true.  The property name just uses slashes as a 
> hierarchical separator.  I wouldn't consider the slashes as a 'part' of 
> the property name.
> 
> >  In the way I introduced xfconf in
> > xfce4-notes-plugin, I started with the following channel names:
> >   * /Xfce4NotesPlugin/PanelPlugin
> >   * /Xfce4NotesPlugin/NewWindow
> > 
> > Actually it isn't a matter how they are named, I already switched to defines in
> > the code and with the following naming:
> >   * xfce4-notes-plugin_panel-plugin
> >   * xfce4-notes-plugin_new-window
> > 
> > What I am interested in is, how do you name the different channels and
> > properties?
> 
> A channel is intended to be a logical grouping based around an 
> application.  Most applications wouldn't have more than one channel.  If 
> you have logical groupings inside an application, that's why the 
> property names are hierarchical.
> 
> 	-brian
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