kcfg

Replacement for the awful kwriteconfig5 (and kreadconfig5)

It has path like syntax similar to dconf

kcfg --file ~/.config/kcminputrc '/Libinput/1241/41119/E-Signal USB Gaming Mouse/PointerAcceleration' --write -0.200

Which is much more readable compared to

# by the way kwriteconfig cant even write negative values and errors out
kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kcminputrc --group 'Libinput' --group '1241' --group '41119' --group 'E-Signal USB Gaming Mouse' --key 'PointerAcceleration' --write ' -0.200'

It knows most KDE config files so you do not have to specify the path

kcfg 'kcminputrc/Libinput/1241/41119/E-Signal USB Gaming Mouse/PointerAcceleration' --write -0.200

Diferences

It writes the value verbatim and reads it verbatim, so special things like [$i] [$e] or escapes like \s are just treated as text
This may be implemented in the future or at least show a warning

Installation

The whole logic is inside kcfg.py which is a self contained python script with no dependencies except configparser which is built into python
Package exists to allow easy installation/updates from pip/pipx

pip / pipx

I always recommend to use pipx to install the package, but if you want to use pip substitute pipx with pip

If you need it for only one time for example in setup script but have pipx available then you can use

pipx run kcfg

Or install it with

pipx install kcfg

You can also install from git

pipx install git+https://github.com/sandorex/kcfg

Install a specific branch

pipx install git+https://github.com/sandorex/kcfg.git@master

Git

You can also add the repository as a submodule, like i do in my dotfiles

git submodule add https://github.com/sandorex/kcfg

# run it as a package
python3 -m kcfg

# or directly
kcfg/kcfg.py

wget / curl

Beware this is the least secure option

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sandorex/kcfg/master/kcfg.py
kcfg.py

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sandorex/kcfg/master/kcfg.py
kcfg.py