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Simple question which way is correct or is it even really matter to a program, if I edit Unity Dash Lenses with dconf e.g. I want to use only whatever1.scope for default always-search, by default there's ['whatever1.scope'.'whatever2.scope'.'whatever3.scope'.'whatever4.scope'] so which way should I edit with brackets and quote marks included ['whatever1.scope'] or just quote marks enough 'whatever1.scope'? The same is for disabled .scopes if I only want to disable 'whatever4.scope' are the quote marks enough or brackets should be included as well?

Thanks for help.

JoKeR
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To get the current settings (list) in a terminal, it is:

gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Lenses always-search

which outputs a list (for example):

['applications.scope', 'music.scope', 'videos.scope', 'files.scope']

To set a (changed) list:

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses always-search "['applications.scope']"

So change get to set, put the list between quote marks, items in the list between (single) quotemarkes.

The format is pretty much (exactly) what you see in dconf editor:

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When you set the list via terminal, just put it between quote marks.

Jacob Vlijm
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