Nautilus issues on upgrade forn FC1 to FC2

[Marc Bruggeman]

For those who might be interested :
On the Unofficial Fedora FAQ website (www.fedora.faq) I found a neat
solution to control Nautilus look & feel (other gnome apps as well !):

using the gconf-2 tool you can set almost any parameter.

gconf-2 -a /apps/nautilus/preferences 

gives you a list of all settings


gconf-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/side_pane_view
true  

gave me my side pane back (the key was neither false or true in my case,
but empty).

Now, if I only could find a way to use the scripting facility in the
Nautilus manager.... 


On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 14:47, Marc Bruggeman wrote:
> My apologies, I should have mentioned it, but right clicking and going
> via the menu gives the same result. I only get a Nautilus window without
> the side pane and no option in the menu (side pane) to bring it back.
> 
> I have gone through the manual and browsed the archive but can find a
> reference to my problem.  
> 
> When looking/searching in the ~/.gconf/apps/nautilus directory I noticed
> a directory called sidebar_panels/  .  The %gconf.xml file in it is
> empty (0 bytes). I guess this has something to do with it, but I don
> know what to put in it to make the sidepanel reappear.
> 
> Can anybody (who has and is using a sidebar) tell me what is in his/her
> &gconf.xml file so that I can test if that would help. Otherwise I would
> like to know if I can safely uninstall Nautilus and reinstall it again
> with the guarantee i will have my panel back.
> 
> PS : Reason for sliding the panel away under FC1 was because it was easy
> to use the browse buttons on top of the screen. I know that I can still
> do that in the current Nautilus setup, but I guess they have changed the
> default way of working for a reason (many users seem to like it after
> giving it a serious try). I just would like to be able to give it a try
> as well...
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 02:14, Gerald Thompson wrote:
> > Marc Bruggeman wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I had removed the side pane while I was still working on FC1. 
> > >Now that I have upgraded to FC2, I don´t see any option or possibility
> > >to restore the side pane  (in the Nautilus view menu I do not have the
> > >show Side pane option !). Also the possibility to run a script is not
> > >available in the file menu of any nautilus window I open ?!
> > >
> > >clicking on the View > Reset view to defaults does not help/change
> > >anything.
> > >
> > >Can anybody give me a clue on how to get the side pane back ??? 
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Marc
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > Hi Marc;
> > 
> > Instead of double clicking on Computer or User's Home and opening the 
> > basic Nautilus view.
> > 
> > Try right clicking on Computer or User's Home and left click on Browse 
> > Folder.
> > 
> > Also in the Gnome Menu you can choose Browse Filesystem.
> > 
> > That should open the view that you are used to with Nautilus.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Gerald
> > 
>