Sample Script for Setting Individual Panel Preferences

This section contains a sample script that sets the preferences for a panel that has the following major characteristics:

• The panel is an edge panel, and resides at the bottom edge of the screen.

• The panel contains a file manager launcher and a Terminal launcher.

• The panel contains a Window List applet.

The sample script also sets other minor preferences. All of the preferences have default values, not mandatory values.

The sample script follows:

# Usage is: set_key <type> <key> <value> <extra options if any>

function set_key() 
{
  TYPE="$1"
  shift
  KEY="$1"
  shift
  VALUE="$1"
  shift
  OTHER_ARGS="$*"
  gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults 
--owner=panel $OTHER_ARGS --type "$TYPE" --set "$KEY" "$VALUE"
}

# Define the number of panels, the number of launchers, and the number of applets 
set_key list /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/general
/panel_id_list [00000001] --list-type string
set_key list /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/general
/object_id_list [00000001,00000002] --list-type string
set_key list /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/general
/applet_id_list [00000001] --list-type string

# Define the characteristics of the panel 
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels
/00000001/panel_type edge-panel
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels
/00000001/panel_size panel-size-x-small
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels
/00000001/screen_edge panel-edge-bottom
set_key bool /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels
/00000001/hide_buttons_enabled false
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/panels
/00000001/panel_background_type no-background

# Define the first launcher
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000001/object_type launcher-object
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000001/launcher_location 'applications:///nautilus.desktop'
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000001/panel_id 00000001
set_key int /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000001/position 20

# Define the second launcher
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000002/object_type launcher-object
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000002/launcher_location 'applications:///System/gnome-terminal.desktop'
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000002/panel_id 00000001
set_key int /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/objects
/00000002/position 25

# Define the applet
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/applets
/00000001/object_type bonobo-applet
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/applets
/00000001/bonobo_iid OAFIID:GNOME_TasklistApplet
set_key string /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/applets
/00000001/panel_id 00000001
set_key int /apps/panel/default_profiles/medium/applets
/00000001/position 25