mozprefs

• infos = Information about the mozprefs plugin is in keys below
• infos/author = Thomas Waser [email protected]
• 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.

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

• integer
• string
• boolean

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

kdb export user/tests/mozprefs ini
#> [lock/a/lock]
#> #@META type = boolean
#> key=true
#> [pref/a/default]
#> #@META type = string
#> key=i'm a default key
#> [user/a/user]
#> #@META type = integer
#> 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