Editing Gconf-editor (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name=gconf-editor
| logo=Gconf-editor logo.png
| screenshot=Gconf-editor on Ubuntu.png
| screenshot size=250px
| caption=gconf-editor on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
| latest_release_version=3.0.1<ref>{{cite web | url=https://download.gnome.org/sources/gconf-editor/ | title=Index of /Sources/Gconf-editor/ }}</ref>
| latest_release_date= {{start date and age|2011|11|21}}
| discontinued = yes
| genre=Configuration editor
| operating_system=[[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSDs]], [[Linux]], et al.
| license=[[GNU General Public License]]
| website={{url|https://projects.gnome.org/gconf/}}
}}
'''Gconf-editor''' is a discontinued utility for the [[GNOME|GNOME desktop environment]] used to maintain the old and now discontinued GNOME registry [[gconf]].

Gconf-editor gives users the ability to access settings stored in the [[XML]]-based [[GConf]] configuration [[database]] or registry. It is used primarily by developers to [[debug]] [[application software|applications]], or by [[power user]]s to edit hidden and complex settings. It [[abstraction|abstracts]] the values from the GConf database and presents them in an interface similar to [[Microsoft Windows]]' [[Windows registry|registry]] editor.

Other gconf tools have also appeared, such as Gconfpref by [[MandrakeSoft]]. There are also [[patch (computing)|patches]] for popular applications, which add the ability to change the hidden options from within the application itself, avoiding the need for gconf-editor.

There is also the dconf-editor<ref>{{cite web | url=https://packages.debian.org/sid/dconf-editor | title=Debian -- Details of package dconf-editor in sid }}</ref> for the [[dconf]]; dconf has replaced Gconf.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/dconf | title=Projects/Dconf - GNOME Wiki! }}</ref>