examples/gconf-proxy-client.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2
   3 print "WARNING: this hasn't been updated to current API yet, and might not work"
   4
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  27
  28 import dbus
  29
  30 gconf_key = "/desktop/gnome/file_views/icon_theme"
  31
  32 bus = dbus.SessionBus()
  33 gconf_service = bus.get_service("org.gnome.GConf")
  34 gconf_key_object = gconf_service.get_object("/org/gnome/GConf" + gconf_key, "org.gnome.GConf")
  35
  36 value = gconf_key_object.getString()
  37
  38 print ("Value of GConf key %s is %s" % (gconf_key, value))