GIO Settings computed default

Platform Core
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Hello,

how do I handle computed or dynamic default values in GSettings?

I’d like to make a download directory configurable, and the default would by a subdirectory of the XDG state directory of my app. How do I represent this in a GSettings schema? In other configuration systems I’d simply fallback to the state directory in the absence of the setting, but as far as I can see in GSettings I always have to specify a default in the schema.

Cheers,
Basti

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You may leave the default to an empty string. When you detect an empty string from your app, just use the XDG state directory as you wish

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