On Sun February 26 2006 16:45, Alberto Botti wrote: > > > simply set the "/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop" > > > gconf key to false... > > Simply, hahahaha. > > Where are these gconf keys documented? > In gconf itself... gconf-editor shows: OK, I have GNOME installed on my system and I don't have an "gconf-editor", nor had I ever heard of it before. So I have to agree with Lee... the Nautilus "don't show desktop icons" thing is an essentially undocumented feature, as much so if not more than any Windows registry setting that's not exposed through an app's user interface, and using the word "simply" isn't appropriate. I hope this isn't the design philosophy for GNOME apps nowadays.... "put minimal configurability into the app and let the power users install the equivalent of regedit." Rob
