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I've figured out the answer to my own
question, and I'll post the answer here for archival purposes.
gedit stores preferences and other information in the files .gconf
and .gconfd. In the Windows version, these files are stored in
the directory %HOME%, which almost always is set to %USERPROFILE%
which almost always is set to C:\Users\username. My problem was
that another application (PSPICE) had set %HOME% to point to a
diirectory for which I did not have write permission, so gedit did
not allow me to set preferences. The solution is to reset %HOME%
using Control Panel>System>Advanced System Settings.
Larry --- Laurence Nagel
On 1/14/2013 8:40 PM, Laurence Nagel wrote:Omega Enterprises Consulting 251 Stanford Avenue Kensington, CA 94708 (510) 558-0842 lwn omega-enterprises net http://www.omega-enterprises.net This is a simple question that must have been answered hundreds of times, but I couldn't find an answer anywhere. I'm trying to use gedit on Windows 7, and I cannot edit preferences --- all the choices are greyed out. For example, I cannot turn line numbers on or off, or change color schemes. However, if I run gedit as an administrator, I can change preferences with no problems. Apparently, gedit is trying to store my preferences somewhere that requires administrator privileges to access. I've searched everywhere, and cannot find any files like .gedit, .gedit2, or .gnome in Linux. |