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# GNOME Settings
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This folder contains my GNOME settings
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split into several `*.ini` files by logical group.
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Machine-specific overrides may live in `local/*.ini` and are loaded last.
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All paths inside the files are absolute,
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anchored at the root of `dconf`.
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Therefore, they must always be loaded anchored at the root as well:
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```bash
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dconf load / < <file>
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```
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[`restore-gnome`](../../.local/bin/restore-gnome) automates this upon every login
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(via the `restore-gnome.service` systemd user unit).
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Process:
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1. Back up the current `dconf` state into ~/.local/state/gnome-settings-backups/
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2. Reset all managed sub-trees,
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so that keys removed from the `*.ini` files do not linger in the live state,
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and
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3. Load every `*.ini` here, then every `local/*.ini`.
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[`verify-dconf`](../../.local/bin/verify-dconf) lists keys diverging
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between the live state and the `*.ini` files,
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and can be used to find live keys worth adopting.
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## Color Palette
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2026-08-15 04:29:50 +02:00
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A teal ramp of 7 stops from light to dark,
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plus two neutral tones for the shell chrome,
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plus 5 accent hues with 2 shades each for the terminal ANSI colors.
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All colors except the two neutrals can be verified
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with [`derive-palette.py`](./derive-palette.py)
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to be derived from GNOME's "teal" accent alone.
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The ramp is uniform in perceived lightness (i.e., OKLCH),
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with the accent centered by arithmetic:
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In dark mode it reads light-to-dark (e.g., text on dark surfaces),
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in light mode dark-to-light.
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Translucent colors are always alpha-variants of a stop,
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used for tile previews and tab decorations by `forge`.
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| Stop | Hex | RGB | Role |
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|------|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
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| 1 | `#DDECF0` | rgb(221, 236, 240) | Foreground and text, focused borders |
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| 2 | `#96D0DD` | rgb(150, 208, 221) | Quiet chrome: bar and unfocused windows |
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| 3 | `#59B1C4` | rgb( 89, 177, 196) | Tile previews, borders of active elements |
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| 4 | `#2190A4` | rgb( 33, 144, 164) | Accent |
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| 5 | `#006E81` | rgb( 0, 110, 129) | Stacked/tabbed layouts, tab decorations |
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| 6 | `#004D5C` | rgb( 0, 77, 92) | Dimmed and sub-menu backgrounds |
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| 7 | `#002E37` | rgb( 0, 46, 55) | Dark base: terminal background |
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| gray | `#2E2E32` | rgb( 46, 46, 50) | Surfaces: bar and menu backgrounds |
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| base | `#000000` | rgb( 0, 0, 0) | Screensaver, shadows |
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Stop 4 is GNOME's "teal",
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one of nine built-in accent colors that cannot be changed
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(see `--accent-teal` in `libadwaita`).
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"gray" is the dark header-bar and sidebar background in `libadwaita`
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(see `--headerbar-bg-color` and `--sidebar-bg-color`).
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### Terminal Accents
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Derived at the anchor's chroma,
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with lightness solved for WCAG 4.5:1 against stop 7;
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"bright" is the same hue lifted by 0.10 in lightness.
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| Hue | Normal | Bright |
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|---------|-----------|-----------|
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| red | `#C87B75` | `#EA9A93` |
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| yellow | `#A38F45` | `#C2AF64` |
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| green | `#669D68` | `#84BC85` |
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| blue | `#6D91CC` | `#8BB0ED` |
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| magenta | `#B57DB0` | `#D69CD0` |
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