[K12OSN] OT: setting gnome file manager defaults
dahopkins at comcast.net
dahopkins at comcast.net
Tue Jan 18 15:42:28 UTC 2005
Dan,
Thanks. I had seen the 'spatial nautilus' issue/flames. I am on the other side on this one ;) , but it really shouldn't matter. It whatever you happen to be used to.
A bigger issue for me is the (for me) byzantine way that the directories/menu entries/etc are set up and managed. Probably because of my Windows background, the Explorer way seems very clear about who sees what in this respect.
Your link to the sys-admin-guide is very useful and I will use Chapter 2 to try and figure it out. Gnome could have made it easier to find instructions for a user without putting the information in a developer's guide. Then again, the developers are so busy with this massive package that I am grateful they put it anywhere.
It is probably very straightforward once you have done it a dozen times.
Again, thanks!
Dave Hopkins
-------------- Original message --------------
> On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 17:57 -0500, Dave Hopkins wrote:
> > Okay, this is OT, but ... after upgrading to 4.1, double clicking the
> > home folder opens Nautilus in some reduced view (just icons, no address
> > bar, ...). Right clicking and picking Browse gets the view I was
> > expecting. This is a change from how RH9 was launching the File
> > browser. How do I get the old behavior back? Better yet, is there a
> > way to define (per user or system-wide) what file browser is launched
> > when the home folder is double clicked?
>
> There was a spat a while back about all that when gnome 2.6 or 2.8 came
> out which introduced "spatial nautilus". Google that and find the flame
> wars. My understanding was that GNOME usability studies found that "each
> folder is a window" was a clearer metaphor than the browser. I happen to
> like it. YMMV. To change behavior, per user:
>
> 1. Preferences
> 2. File Management
> 3. Behavior tab
> 4. Check the "Always open in browser windows"
>
> I'm not sure about doing it system-wide, though I'm sure there's a gconf
> key to tweak. Just looked; take a look at the "always_use_browser" key
> in:
>
> /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/nautilus/preferences/%gconf.xml
>
> This is the part where I complain about the difficulty in mere mortals
> altering GNOME default settings or defining mandatory settings. The
> GNOME administrator's guide has some useful information:
>
> http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.6/system-admin-guide.html
>
> --
> Dan Young
>
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