> (OpenSuSE 10.3, Gnome 2.20.0, Nautilus 2.20.0) > Does anyone know why Gnome, or Nautilus, insists on creating a > 'Documents' folder in my user 'home' folder? Better, does anyone know > how to kill it? The problem, admittedly minor, is that I want a > 'Documents' folder on my Desktop. If I move the Gnome-created Documents > folder, the next time I login it's back plus I now have two Documents > folders. If I just delete it, the next time I log in, it's back. The FPN > for the problem folder is:
This is a GNOME default; you can adjust these settings via gconf. You can change your Desktop to be your home directory (aka ~) by setting /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir via - gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir true -t bool [above is all on one line] Then you Documents folder will be on your Desktop, as will all your other folders. GConf in general is documented here - http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/latest/gconf-0.html There is an *ENORMOUS* amount of power and flexibility tucked away in GConf. Many nautilus options are documented here - http://www.gnome.org/~bmsmith/gconf-docs/C/nautilus.html But the better way would be just to create a link to Documents from the Desktop folder - which you can do in nautilus itself. Just right click on documents, "make link", drag the link to the Desktop and rename to "Documents". That way you keep the expected structure, smoothly integrated applications have to be able to make some assumptions and lots of applications and utilities (especially non-GNOME apps) litter in the home directory - which is why it is good for documents and desktop to be elsewhere. Especially older UNIXish stuff assumes it can [or should] just do whatever it wants in ~. Beyond GConf, if you want to customize your desktop in a kosher way, I'd look into Devil's Pie. http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie A good example of that is this article http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-create-a-transparent-terminal-session-as-your-desktop-background.html -- Adam Tauno Williams, Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
