Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> (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 > I'd already come up with the link solution. I was hoping someone could tell me why it's there in the first place. Thanks for your comments.
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