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bug #30086: defaults write doesn't support -dict-add, -array-add

Submitter:  Doug Simons <theeggcamefirst>
Submitted:  Tue 08 Jun 2010 05:59:50 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Application Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Change Request Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  CaS
Open/Closed:  Open
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Mon 09 Nov 2020 10:38:36 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I don't think this request makes much sense on its own.  The GNUstep defaults command was a simple early replacement for NeXTstep tools, but the later Apple defaults command operates quite differently, so if we want Apple compatibility we need a rewrite.  I guess while maintaining current functionality (a little of which the Apple command doesn't seem to support), we would need to add support for:

import, export, and find operations
The different types of domain specification (name, -app ..., -globalDomain, path)
The different value specifications
  <value_rep>
  -string <string_value>
  -data <hex_digits>
  -int[eger] <integer_value>
  -float  <floating-point_value>
  -bool[ean] (true | false | yes | no)
  -date <date_rep>
  -array <value1> <value2> ...
  -array-add <value1> <value2> ...
  -dict <key1> <value1> <key2> <value2> ...
  -dict-add <key1> <value1> ...

So I see this as a request for a new tool

Richard Frith-Macdonald <CaS>
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Tue 08 Jun 2010 05:59:50 PM UTC, original submission:  

The 'defaults write' command doesn't support the -dict-add and -array-add options available in the Apple version. This makes working with default values which are arrays or dictionaries much more difficult in some situations.

Doug Simons <theeggcamefirst>

 

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