Re: Saving and restoring an old panel state

[Tom Gilbert <gilbertt tomgilbert freeserve co uk>]

* didier@informactis.com (didier@informactis.com) wrote:
> Hello Peter,
> 
> On 18 Aug, Peter Wainwright wrote:
> >> So, I wrote a couple of trivial scripts to save a good panel state, and
> >> then restore it if necessary:
> Cool. I'm not a guru to gnome, so I ask this :-): is it possible to do
> a backup of the configuration of the desktop when you use gmc ?
> 
> Regards
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Well, my personal solution is a couple of lines in my .xinitrc

cd ~/
rm -rf ~/.gnome_backup
cp -R ~/.gnome ~/.gnome_backup

Every time gnome starts, the backup is created. If Gnome screws up, I
just replace .gnome with the backup, *before* starting gnome again
(the backup would be overwritten).

It a heavy-handed cludge, but I use CVS gnome, and _my_own_ test code
generally causes most of my problems!

YMMV.

PS That .sig sure is familiar :)
You could have at least shrunk it down to fit your smaller email
address:) Proportion is important I think...

Tom.
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