Dconf settings > org > gnome > shell > overrides > button-layout for adjusting button positions.
On 13 November 2012 00:59, chris hermansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim and list: > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 10/11/12 13:05, chris hermansen wrote: >> >> Hello everyone; > > ... >> >> >> First, between the TweakTool and gconf and dconf it is not really obvious >> (as far as I can tell) which tool should be used, but as far as I am able to >> determine, gconf may not apply to Gnome 3 at all (judging by the values for >> some of the settings I have changed elsewhere not appearing in gconf); and >> dconf may or may not have effect on Gnome 3; for instance, I can't seem to >> use it to move the window buttons to the left hand side of the title bar, >> despite various comments that indicate that should be possible. >> >> For gnome-shell, gnome-tweak-tool, dconf-editor and gsettings are the >> programs to use. There are some settings in gnome fallback mode that rely on >> the old gconf settings, however fallback is going to be dropped for 3.8 > > > Thanks for that advice. I will delete gconf. Here is an example of what > doesn't work in either TweakTool nor dconf. > > TweakTool offers "Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar" and the choices > are > - close only > - maximize and close > - minimize and close > - all > > However the positioning is only to the right of the window. Looking in > dconf, there is > > org>desktop>wm>preferences>button-layout > > but as nearly as I can tell, changing this has no effect. Maybe this is > only read by metacity? >> >> Second, the only way I found to make some of the customizations I wanted >> was to edit various configuration files in /usr/share... I would be happy to >> share more info on that if anyone is interested, including diffs and the >> rationale behind them. >> >> Some settings such as gdm greeter need to be set using schema override >> files, however nearly all other user settings should be available using the >> 3 above mentioned tools. > > > Here are some things which I have only been able to change by editing > configuration files: > - turning of a11y in the top bar > - changing the font and its size in the top bar (too big, and I prefer > ubuntu to cantarell) > - reducing the size of the application icons in "Show Applications" > - making the title bar go away when the window is maximized >> >> Third, I disagree with the idea of leaving out Ubuntu One. Yes I can >> switch to DropBox, but all I am looking for is a better desktop experience; >> why should I have to change my cloud storage provider to do that? >> >> I eventually got Ubuntu One going but it was not completely >> straightforward, and the control panel hung up during the process. >> >> The U1 installer is there, and it *should* be a relatively straight >> forward process, if you had issues then its bugs in the installer/U1 and >> would be best to report bugs on launchpad. >> > I had to install ubuntuone-control-panel-qt. I was expecting to see a -gtk > version but there is not apparently such a thing. > > I may have also had to install ubuntuone-client-gnome (at least according to > my shell history I tried that)... > > The problem I had is not repeatable in the classic sense and therefore I am > not sure about filing a bug. Basicially what happened was that after I > logged in, control did not return to the ubuntuone control panel. I exited > it using the (X) and restarted it, at which time it appeared to be working, > and sync was happening. > > -- > Chris Hermansen > C'est ma façon de parler. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gnome More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
