> Anyway, it is safer to use something like VIM to edit files as root, > I > only tested gedit because I saw your email, but as root I use only > VIM > to edit files :) Why????? ----- Original Message ----- > On 12/19/2013 10:05 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > > On 12/19/2013 07:45 PM, "Germán A. Racca" wrote: > >> On 12/19/2013 09:32 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>> > >>> On 12/19/2013 07:16 PM, "Germán A. Racca" wrote: > >>>> On 12/19/2013 07:22 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> On 12/19/2013 08:35 AM, Alexander Volovics wrote: > >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 08:05:49AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Confirm > >>>>>>>> used dconf-editor instead to set the overrides and now those > >>>>>>>> entries > >>>>>>>> appear within gedit. > >>>>>>> What did you change? I just went through all of dconf-editor > >>>>>>> listed > >>>>>>> items and did not recognize anything to change that would > >>>>>>> turn on > >>>>>>> settings/preferences in gedit let alone directly turn off > >>>>>>> word wrap. > >>>>>> When you open gedit in Fed20 + Gnome-3.10 a gedit icon appears > >>>>>> in the > >>>>>> top bar. If you click on this and choose 'preferences' you > >>>>>> will see > >>>>>> under 'Text Wrapping' the entries: 'enable text wrapping' and > >>>>>> 'do not > >>>>>> split words over two lines'. Is this what you are looking for. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I assume you are using standard Gnome-3.10 and not "classic > >>>>>> mode". > >>>>>> I know nothing about "classic mode" (don't use it). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Is this icon not visible in your install? > >>>>> > >>>>> Fresh install. Have not applied the updates yet. > >>>> > >>>> Please, do it right now. > >>>> > >>>>> I see that gedit icon > >>>>> on the top bar once gedit is running. It has a down arrow > >>>>> right > >>>>> next to > >>>>> it. I assume that lets me switch between copies of gedit if > >>>>> more than > >>>>> one is open. > >>>> > >>>> Why don't you try instead of assume? The down arrow is not for > >>>> switching between different copies of the same application, but > >>>> for a > >>>> drop down menu. You should click on it to see its behavior by > >>>> yourself, it is cheap!! > >>> > >>> I DID try clicking on the arrow and nothing happened. Since I > >>> only had > >>> one gedit opened, I tried to figure it out. Now that you say > >>> this is > >>> what it does, I realized where I MAY be having troubles. I am in > >>> terminal, sued, and running gedit to edit the yum.conf.d files! > >>> So I > >>> opened terminal regular and ran gedit & and sure enough it works > >>> and I > >>> can set preferences no problem for ME and turn off word wrap. > >>> > >>> But I cannot do it for root's use of gedit to edit config files. > >>> :( > >> > >> You are right about this, because I opened /etc/yum.conf with > >> gedit > >> using sudo and I'm not able to open the drop down menu. Maybe this > >> behavior is intentional, but I'm not sure. > > > > So, I should give it a try and just put up with the wrapping. > > Afterall > > vi wraps, but actually does it smarter. > > > > I can see why, as the top bar is running as ME and should NOT let > > ME set > > preferences for gedit as root. But that begs the question on HOW > > to > > change the preferences for root. > > Anyway, it is safer to use something like VIM to edit files as root, > I > only tested gedit because I saw your email, but as root I use only > VIM > to edit files :) > > -- > Germán A. Racca > Fedora Package Maintainer > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Skytux > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
