Gnome Tips
Use Sudo
Run the Configuration Editor (gconf-editor) and set the /apps/gksu/sudo-mode key
Hiding Computer, Home, Trash on Desktop
Run the Configuration Editor (gconf-editor) and change the keys under /apps/nautilus/desktop
Disable Browser Launch on Media Insert
Run the Configuration Editor (gconf-editor) and change the keys under /desktop/volume_manager/autobrowse
Disable Sound Juicer
Goto Desktop | Preferences | Removable Drives and Media
Select the multi-media tab and un-select 'Play audio CD discs when inserted
Disable Gnome Keyring
If you don't want the gnome-keyring to invoke ssh-agent, set, run gconf-editor and set the /apps/gnome-keyring/daemon-components/ssh key to false.
Startup Programs
Desktop -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Startup Programs
Accented Characters
System -> Preferences -> Keyboard - Select the 'Layouts' tab. 'Add' a layout. Then select the 'Layout Options...' button and choose a 'Compose key position'
e.g. Choosing 'Menu is Compose', then to produce a 'ç' on most english keyboard layout, you type the menu key, then type the comma ',' key, then type the 'c' key.
On Debian 5.0 (Lenny), /usr/share/X11/locale/compose.dir describes which files are used for which locales, e.g. en_US.UTF-8/Compose is used for en_GB.UTF-8, so /usr/share/X11/locale/en_US.UTF-8/Compose defines the characters that can be typed using the compose and dead keys. E.g. <Multi_key> <comma> <c> is defined as 'ç' ccedilla.
Some common combinations preceeded with the compose key:
| Sequence | Character | Description |
|---|---|---|
| space space | nobreakspace # NO-BREAK SPACE | |
| . . | … | ellipsis # HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS |
| . minus | · | periodcentered # MIDDLE DOT |
| . equal | • | enfilledcircbullet # BULLET |
| ! ^ | ¦ | brokenbar # BROKEN BAR |
| p ! | ¶ | paragraph # PILCROW SIGN |
| s o | § | section # SECTION SIGN |
| x o | ¤ | currency # CURRENCY SIGN |
| ? ! | ‽ | U203D # INTERROBANG |
| plus minus | ± | plusminus # PLUS-MINUS SIGN |
| colon minus | ÷ | division # DIVISION SIGN |
| ^ 1 | ¹ | onesuperior # SUPERSCRIPT ONE |
| ^ 2 | ² | twosuperior # SUPERSCRIPT TWO |
| ^ 3 | ³ | threesuperior # SUPERSCRIPT THREE |
| 1 4 | ¼ | onequarter # VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER |
| 1 2 | ½ | onehalf # VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF |
| 3 4 | ¾ | threequarters # VULGAR FRATION THREE QUARTERS |
| - - period | – | U2013 # EN DASH |
| - - - | — | U2014 # EM DASH |
| ? ? | ¿ | questiondown # INVERTED QUESTION MARK |
| o e | œ | oe # LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE |
| a e | æ | ae # LATIN SMALL LETTER AE |
| apostrophe < | ‘ | U2018 # LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| apostrophe > | ’ | U2019 # RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK |
| quotedbl < | “ | U201c # LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| quotedbl > | ” | U201d # RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK |
| quotedbl comma | „ | U201e # DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK |
| e equal | € | EuroSign # EURO SIGN |
| c bar | ¢ | cent # CENT SIGN |
| c slash | ¢ | cent # CENT SIGN |
| L minus | £ | sterling # POUND SIGN |
| Y equal | ¥ | yen # YEN SIGN |
| o o | ° | degree # DEGREE SIGN |
| o c | © | copyright # COPYRIGHT SIGN |
| o r | ® | registered # REGISTERED SIGN |
| t m | ™ U212 | 2 # TRADE MARK SIGN |
| grave a | à | agrave # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE |
| acute a | á | aacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe a | á | aacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE |
| asciicircum a | â | acircumflex # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| asciitilde a | ã | atilde # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE |
| quotedbl a | ä | adiaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS |
| o a | å | aring # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE |
| comma c | ç | ccedilla # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA |
| cedilla c | ç | ccedilla # LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA |
| grave e | è | egrave # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE |
| acute e | é | eacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe e | é | eacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE |
| asciicircum e | ê | ecircumflex # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| quotedbl e | ë | ediaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS |
| grave i | ì | igrave # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE |
| acute i | í | iacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe i | í | iacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE |
| asciicircum i | î | icircumflex # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| quotedbl i | ï | idiaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS |
| d h | ð | eth # LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH |
| asciitilde n | ñ | ntilde # LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE |
| grave o | ò | ograve # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE |
| acute o | ó | oacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe o | ó | oacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE |
| asciicircum o | ô | ocircumflex # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| asciitilde o | õ | otilde # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE |
| quotedbl o | ö | odiaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS |
| slash o | ø | oslash # LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE |
| s s | ß | ssharp # LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S |
| grave u | ù | ugrave # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE |
| acute u | ú | uacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe u | ú | uacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE |
| asciicircum u | û | ucircumflex # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| quotedbl u | ü | udiaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS |
| acute y | ý | yacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE |
| apostrophe y | ý | yacute # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE |
| t h | þ | thorn # LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN |
| quotedbl y | ÿ | ydiaeresis # LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS |
Font Size
Change the DPI resolution under System->Preferences->Appearance.
- Select the 'Fonts' tab
- Select the 'Details' button
- Change the resolution dots per inch value to suit
Default Window Size
Run the application with the following command:
$ gnome-terminal --geometry 90x30
-- Frank Dean - 01 Jul 2009
-- Frank Dean - 01 Dec 2007