I am trying to define a gsetting default for nemo in an override file.
The key (org.nemo.preferences bulk-rename-tool) is of type="ay", which means it's a bytestring as explained on developer.gnome.org
After setting it to gprename in nemo's preferences dialog the returned value for gsettings get org.nemo.preferences bulk-rename-tool is b’gprename’ and
in the running environment I can successfully set the value with
gsettings set org.nemo.preferences bulk-rename-tool "b’gprename’"
But I fail at finding the correct syntax to include in an override file.
I've tried square brackets, double/single quotes, including the nul terminator as mentioned on developer.gnome.org in all kinds of combinations and variations - without success.
For example
[org.nemo.preferences]
bulk-rename-tool="b’gprename’"
leads to
# glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
error parsing key 'bulk-rename-tool' in schema 'org.nemo.preferences' as
specified in override file '/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/99_custom-cinnamon.gschema.override':
0-13:can not parse as value of type 'ay'.Ignoring override for this key.
Or
bulk-rename-tool=[b’gprename’]
gives
error parsing key 'bulk-rename-tool' in schema 'org.nemo.preferences' as
specified in override file '/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/99_custom-cinnamon.gschema.override':
1:expected value.Ignoring override for this key.
Since the default in the schema lists just empty brackets [], I have also tried stuff like
bulk-rename-tool=[b’gprename'\0]
which gives me
1.14:unterminated string constant.
So maybe this is the closest to working, just the nul terminator is apparently wrong syntax...
Don't use quotes in the config override "...". You would only use them if you set the value via cli, i.e.
The compile line you have posted is correct and all should work.