From 53cbe5c8dabe5e41b012708e71a8c3b80d77d998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin <colin@uninsane.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:09:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] dconf: split into own `sane.programs` definition

---
 hosts/common/default.nix          | 15 ---------------
 hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 hosts/common/programs/default.nix |  1 +
 hosts/modules/gui/default.nix     |  1 +
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix

diff --git a/hosts/common/default.nix b/hosts/common/default.nix
index 96d7c921b..a779cf679 100644
--- a/hosts/common/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/default.nix
@@ -120,21 +120,6 @@
     '';
   };
 
-  # dconf docs: <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/profiles>
-  # this lets programs temporarily write user-level dconf settings (aka gsettings).
-  # they're written to ~/.config/dconf/user, unless `DCONF_PROFILE` is set to something other than the default of /etc/dconf/profile/user
-  # find keys/values with `dconf dump /`
-  programs.dconf.enable = true;
-  programs.dconf.packages = [
-    (pkgs.writeTextFile {
-      name = "dconf-user-profile";
-      destination = "/etc/dconf/profile/user";
-      text = ''
-        user-db:user
-        system-db:site
-      '';
-    })
-  ];
   # sane.programs.glib.enableFor.user.colin = true;  # for `gsettings`
 
   # link debug symbols into /run/current-system/sw/lib/debug
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix b/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c47ba7927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/dconf.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# dconf docs: <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/profiles>
+# this lets programs temporarily write user-level dconf settings (aka gsettings).
+# they're written to ~/.config/dconf/user, unless `DCONF_PROFILE` is set to something other than the default of /etc/dconf/profile/user
+# find keys/values with `dconf dump /`
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.sane.programs.dconf;
+in
+{
+  programs.dconf = lib.mkIf cfg.enabled {
+    # TODO: sandbox.
+    # note that `programs.dconf` doesn't allow specifying the dconf package.
+    enable = true;
+    packages = [
+      (pkgs.writeTextFile {
+        name = "dconf-user-profile";
+        destination = "/etc/dconf/profile/user";
+        text = ''
+          user-db:user
+          system-db:site
+        '';
+      })
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
index 8530d0d69..06471cc80 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     ./chatty.nix
     ./conky
     ./cozy.nix
+    ./dconf.nix
     ./dialect.nix
     ./dino.nix
     ./element-desktop.nix
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
index c2c6c4c1a..6d33e601c 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/default.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ in
   sane.programs.guiBaseApps = declPackageSet [
     # "abaddon"  # discord client
     "alacritty"  # terminal emulator
+    "dconf"  # required by many packages, but not well-documented :(
     "delfin"  # Jellyfin client
     "dialect"  # language translation
     "dino"  # XMPP client