GNOME3 and Modifying command-line arguments

Joachim Backes joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Thu May 31 05:33:16 UTC 2012


On 05/31/2012 07:24 AM, Khemara Lyn wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Normally, I could go "Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal" and the 
> app "gnome-terminal" would start and po up a new terminal window with a 
> command prompt.
> 
> The default terminal size is not optimal for me and i would like to 
> adjust it a bit. With previous version (GNOME2), I could just do a 
> right-click on the icon and edit "terminal command" to something like this:
> 
> "gnome-terminal -geometry 100x35"
> apps->
> But now in GNOME3, I can't find out how to do it any more?
> 
> When we browse the program/app menu, we see their icons. When we click 
> an icon, the corresponding app will run (with default command set by 
> GNOME). How can we modify the command or its arguments from the default 
> (as in the example above for gnome-terminal)?
> 
> Any help please?

1. Install gconf-editor
2.

gconf-editor->apps->gnome-terminal->profiles->Default->default-size...

Kind regards


-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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