gnome customizations

[David Johnson <davidj ll mit edu>]

I am trying to customize gnome for some displays that we deploy out in the 
field.  We startup a java application on these computers remotely and would like 
to minimize the number of tools and windows that the users can access.  I have 
removed everything off of the gnome-panel except for a window list but now I 
would like to lock down the panel so that the users cannot add anything to it.  
I haven't found a place where I can do that and was wondering if anyone has done 
that before.  

I would also like to remove the <user's> Home, Start Here and Trash icons from 
the desktop so the users cannot use them.  Does gnome allow you to do that?

The last thing that I am trying to do is add a new keyboard shortcut that we 
could define to open an xterm.  I can see in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box 
where there are some pre-defined shortcuts, but I would like to add a new one to 
the list.  Does anyone know how that can be done?

     Thanks,
        Dave