gconf-watcher

gconf-watcher

#!/usr/bin/env python
###
# Print out changes to the environment
###

import gtk, gconf

def key_to_tool(entry):
    v = entry.value
    try:
        return 'gconftool --set %s "%s" -t %s' % (entry.key, v.to_string(), v.type.value_nick)
    except:
        return "# Couldn't understand setting %s" % entry.key

def key_changed_callback(client, cnxn_id, entry, other):
	print key_to_tool(entry)

client = gconf.client_get_default()
client.add_dir('/',
                gconf.CLIENT_PRELOAD_NONE)

client.notify_add('/', key_changed_callback, 1)

gtk.main()