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How come my xscreensaver “hacks” don show up in the gnome-screensaver configuration tool?

April 26, 2017configuration gnome-screensaver hacks Tool xscreensaver

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How come my xscreensaver “hacks” don show up in the gnome-screensaver configuration tool?

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gnome-screensaver uses standard desktop entry (.desktop) files to define the screensaver themes. Xscreensaver XML configuration files can be converted into .desktop files using the migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh script in the data directory of the gnome-screensaver sources.