Gnome terminal

[Kam Leo]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 03:48:35PM -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:15:30PM -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > You'd only want to do this on a per-user basis, so that's the expected
>> >> > behavior.  Global GConf schemas and defaults are stored in /etc/gconf.
>> >>
>> >> How does one view or edit the global GConf schemas?
>> >
>> > Personally, I just use a text editor.
>> >
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> I did more googling and found another package that is not installed by
>> default: gconf-editor
>>
>> After installing the package you click on Applications->System
>> Tools->Configuration Editor and drill down the apps directory until
>> you get to nautilus-open-terminal. Click on it to open the file. Then,
>> you can set or reset the boolean for desktop_opens_home_dir. However,
>> I don't see any way to create an entry/value pair if one is not
>> present. Is there a GUI applet for that function?
>
> Be aware that you're still editing your own ~/.gconf store at that
> point, not the system-wide schemas or store.
>
> To make a new key/value pair, just right click in the key listing on
> the right pane; the "New Key..." option should appear in the popup
> menu.
>
> --
> Paul W. Frields

Thanks, that works.