From 3f24a3f7d2fbf211255b5f6afd02faf92b763525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Kareh <vkareh@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:56:30 -0400
Subject: xsettings: Add gsettings for custom XSettings overrides

Add XSettings override gsettings to allow changing arbitrary XSettings
on GSettings without requiring code changes. This enables third-party
tools (like unity-gtk-module extensions) to integrate with MATE by
setting custom XSettings values at runtime.

The implementation adds an 'overrides' key to the xsettings plugin
schema which accepts a dictionary mapping XSetting names to values.

The complete list of XSettings is over at
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/XSettingsRegistry/

Backported mostly from:
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/commit/c6e9079d
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/commit/35764838

Fixes: https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-settings-daemon/issues/158
---
 plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

(limited to 'plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c')

diff --git a/plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c b/plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c
index c8199da..ad9bf82 100644
--- a/plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c
+++ b/plugins/xsettings/msd-xsettings-manager.c
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #define SCALING_FACTOR_QT_KEY "window-scaling-factor-qt-sync"
 
 #define FONT_RENDER_SCHEMA    "org.mate.font-rendering"
+
+#define XSETTINGS_PLUGIN_SCHEMA "org.mate.SettingsDaemon.plugins.xsettings"
+#define XSETTINGS_OVERRIDE_KEY  "overrides"
+
 #define FONT_ANTIALIASING_KEY "antialiasing"
 #define FONT_HINTING_KEY      "hinting"
 #define FONT_RGBA_ORDER_KEY   "rgba-order"
@@ -106,6 +110,7 @@ struct MateXSettingsManagerPrivate
         XSettingsManager **managers;
         GHashTable *gsettings;
         GSettings *gsettings_font;
+        GSettings *plugin_settings;
         fontconfig_monitor_handle_t *fontconfig_handle;
         gint window_scale;
 };
@@ -743,6 +748,34 @@ xft_callback (GSettings            *gsettings G_GNUC_UNUSED,
         }
 }
 
+static void
+override_callback (GSettings            *settings,
+                   const gchar          *key,
+                   MateXSettingsManager *manager)
+{
+        GVariant *value;
+        int i;
+
+        value = g_settings_get_value (settings, XSETTINGS_OVERRIDE_KEY);
+
+        for (i = 0; manager->priv->managers [i]; i++) {
+                xsettings_manager_set_overrides (manager->priv->managers [i], value);
+                xsettings_manager_notify (manager->priv->managers [i]);
+        }
+
+        g_variant_unref (value);
+}
+
+static void
+plugin_callback (GSettings            *settings,
+                 const char           *key,
+                 MateXSettingsManager *manager)
+{
+        if (g_str_equal (key, XSETTINGS_OVERRIDE_KEY)) {
+                override_callback (settings, key, manager);
+        }
+}
+
 static void
 fontconfig_callback (fontconfig_monitor_handle_t *handle,
                      MateXSettingsManager       *manager)
@@ -972,6 +1005,10 @@ mate_xsettings_manager_start (MateXSettingsManager *manager,
         g_signal_connect (manager->priv->gsettings_font, "changed", G_CALLBACK (xft_callback), manager);
         update_xft_settings (manager);
 
+        /* Plugin settings (overrides) */
+        manager->priv->plugin_settings = g_settings_new (XSETTINGS_PLUGIN_SCHEMA);
+        g_signal_connect (manager->priv->plugin_settings, "changed", G_CALLBACK (plugin_callback), manager);
+
         start_fontconfig_monitor (manager);
 
         for (i = 0; manager->priv->managers [i]; i++)
@@ -983,6 +1020,14 @@ mate_xsettings_manager_start (MateXSettingsManager *manager,
                 xsettings_manager_notify (manager->priv->managers [i]);
         }
 
+        /* Load initial overrides */
+        GVariant *overrides = g_settings_get_value (manager->priv->plugin_settings, XSETTINGS_OVERRIDE_KEY);
+        for (i = 0; manager->priv->managers [i]; i++) {
+                xsettings_manager_set_overrides (manager->priv->managers [i], overrides);
+                xsettings_manager_notify (manager->priv->managers [i]);
+        }
+        g_variant_unref (overrides);
+
         mate_settings_profile_end (NULL);
 
         return TRUE;
@@ -1014,6 +1059,11 @@ mate_xsettings_manager_stop (MateXSettingsManager *manager)
                 p->gsettings_font = NULL;
         }
 
+        if (p->plugin_settings != NULL) {
+                g_object_unref (p->plugin_settings);
+                p->plugin_settings = NULL;
+        }
+
         stop_fontconfig_monitor (manager);
 
 }
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