<s>
Gconf-editor	B-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
utility	O
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
environment	I-Application
used	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
old	O
and	O
now	O
discontinued	O
GNOME	B-Application
registry	B-Protocol
gconf	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gconf-editor	B-Application
gives	O
users	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
settings	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
XML-based	O
GConf	B-Language
configuration	O
database	O
or	O
registry	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
primarily	O
by	O
developers	O
to	O
debug	B-Device
applications	B-Application
,	O
or	O
by	O
power	B-General_Concept
users	I-General_Concept
to	O
edit	O
hidden	O
and	O
complex	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
abstracts	B-Application
the	O
values	O
from	O
the	O
GConf	B-Language
database	O
and	O
presents	O
them	O
in	O
an	O
interface	O
similar	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
 '	O
registry	B-Protocol
editor	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
gconf	B-Language
tools	O
have	O
also	O
appeared	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Gconfpref	O
by	O
MandrakeSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
patches	O
for	O
popular	O
applications	B-Application
,	O
which	O
add	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
hidden	O
options	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
application	O
itself	O
,	O
avoiding	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
gconf-editor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
dconf-editor	B-Language
for	O
the	O
dconf	B-Language
;	O
dconf	B-Language
has	O
replaced	O
Gconf	B-Language
.	O
</s>
