Re: Configuring gconf keys from a shell before call a Nautilus new window

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Sat, 2004-04-03 at 19:21, Adriano Del Vigna de Almeida wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Some time ago I asked right here how to open a new Nautilus window
> without the sidebar panel visible, if exists some command line parameter
> to do that.
> As a suggestion, said to me to use gconf command line parameters. And I
> did that. But didn't got the results I'm looking for.
> 
> I'm using the following sequence of commands, to open a special URI,
> without showing the sidebar panel from a shell (gnome-terminal):
> 
> #----------------------------------
> # Now we hide the sidebar panel
> gconftool-2 -s --type=bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/start_with_sidebar
> false
> # Open our URI
> nautilus <special_uri> &
> # And then restore the default configuration to Nautilis
> gconftool-2 -s --type=bool /apps/nautilus/preferences/start_with_sidebar
> true
> #----------------------------------

Maybe you're changing back the setting before nautilus has had a chance
to read the value?

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