[GRLUG] gedit crash problem

[Eric Beversluis]

On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 06:46 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 17:56 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 13:56 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 23:11 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote
> > > >  Snippets is still
> > > > checked--so somehow Fedora Add-Remove Software is not completely wiping
> > > > gedit stuff. Is there some config file I should change or delete to try
> > > > to totally clean out old gedit settings? (Would that help anything?)
> > > Adding removing packages never touches user configuration; that is a
> > > feature.   I believe gedit still uses GConf [vs. the new DConf] so if
> > > you use gconf-editor and delete the /apps/gedit-2 key (or its content)
> > > and then start gedit you will probably go back to a default
> > > configuration.
> > > If the Fedora gedit has been ported to DConf then use dconf-editor to do
> > > the same thing.
> > I installed dconf-editor, but it shows no key for gedit.
> 
> Ok, so run gconf-editor and it will be there.
> 
> DConf is the configuration system replacing GConf.  Not everything has
> migrated yet.  Fedora is bleeding edge so I thought the gedit there
> might have already moved over.  Most GNOME stuff is rapidly moving from
> the old GConf to the newer DConf.  Until everything is moved you need to
> look in one and then the other [if it isn't in the first; always check
> DConf first as old settings may linger (ignored) in GConf once the
> application moves to DConf].
> 
OK. Thanks. I was assuming the migration would be all or nothing.


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