1.7. Setting Look-and-Feel Preferences
The following sections describe how to assign mandatory or default values
to look-and-feel preferences.
1.7.1. To Set Font Preferences
To set font preferences, you modify the values of two preference
keys. The following table shows the keys to modify, and the part of the user
interface to which the keys correspond:
For example, to set Sans 12 as the mandatory application
font, run the following command:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name “Sans
12”
To set palatino 12 as the default desktop background object font, run the following
command:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_font “palatino
12”
1.7.2. To Set Desktop Background Preferences
To set desktop
background preferences, you modify the values of the preference keys in the /desktop/gnome/background location. For example, to set a mandatory
image for the desktop background, run the following command:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename filename.png
To set a default value for this preference, run the following command:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type string --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename filename.png
You can also set other desktop background preferences. For information
on the other desktop background preferences, see the desktop_gnome_background.schemas schema definition file.
1.7.3. To Set Splash Image Preferences
To set splash image preferences, you
modify the value of the preference keys in the /apps/gnome-session/options/ location. For example, if you do not want users ever to see a
splash image, set a mandatory value as follows:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type bool --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen
false
To set a default value for this preference, run the following command:
# gconftool-2 --direct --config-source
xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults --type bool --set /apps/gnome-session/options/show_splash_screen
false
You can also set other splash image preferences. For information on
the other splash image preferences, see the gnome-session.schemas schema definition file.
