utils.js

// This extension was developed by :
// * Baptiste Saleil http://bsaleil.org/
// * Community : https://github.com/bsaleil/todolist-gnome-shell-extension/network
// With code from :https://github.com/vibou/vibou.gTile
//
// Licence: GPLv2+

const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
const Extension = imports.misc.extensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();

function getSettings()
{
	let dir = Extension.dir.get_child('schemas').get_path();
	let source = Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.new_from_directory(dir,
			Gio.SettingsSchemaSource.get_default(),
			false);

	if(!source)
	{
		throw new Error('Error Initializing the thingy.');
	}

	let schema = source.lookup('org.gnome.shell.extensions.todolist', false);

	if(!schema)
	{
		throw new Error('Schema missing.');
	}
	
	return new Gio.Settings(
	{
		settings_schema: schema
	});
}