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 > > >
