Re: [Tails-dev] Changing default order in Nautilus

2016-07-27 Thread Ulrich Viefhaus
> I didn't test using ~/.dconf as you are suggesting, but only by reading > your documentation, it's not clear to me how it works. Dotfiles only > work for *files* (and not for *folders*). So which file should be > included in the Dotfiles? Also, will this file store all changes made to > the

Re: [Tails-dev] Changing default order in Nautilus

2016-07-22 Thread Ulrich Viefhaus
Hi, I added a branch to my personal repo with additions to the documentation, covering this conversation. A new advanced topic for changing gnome settings is added that contains the most common commands for the gnome configuration tool and a warning, that changing settings could lead to lesser

Re: [Tails-dev] Changing default order in Nautilus

2016-07-22 Thread Ulrich Viefhaus
Hi u, dconf uses more than one settings database but the user-db in the user directory is preferred. It is stored in the .dconf folder of the home directory. The settings are saved, as long as you have configured your persistent storage to include the dot-files in your home directory. Nautilus is

Re: [Tails-dev] Changing default order in Nautilus

2016-07-21 Thread Ulrich Viefhaus
Hi Tom, you could change that setting in each Tails session via the following command in a terminal: gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences default-sort-order type gsetting should be contained in gsettings-backend that is provided by dconf or gconf: