Originally Posted by
Roasted
How do you deal with Plank's insane lack of customizability? I love everything about Plank, but not having a GUI to edit the settings with (unless you're on eOS) is a bummer. Docky is too monofied for my tastes and Cairo is pretty chaotic with its defaults unless you spend some time making it look not-obnoxious. What's your secret, Vin? I must know!
Originally Posted by
pqwoerituytrueiwoq
he edits config files like a boss, while i just got cario set just right using the GUI
Simple pimple, really...
Code:
vindsl@Zuul:~$ gedit /home/vindsl/.config/plank/dock1/settings
Edit n' save -- that's it. Refreshes itself on_the_fly after saving, so you can immediately see the change(s).
Here are my current settings (most frequent changes, that I make, are highlighted)...
Code:
#This file auto-generated by Plank.
#2013-10-05T01:38:15+0000
[PlankDockPreferences]
#Whether to show only windows of the current workspace.
CurrentWorkspaceOnly=false
#The size of dock icons (in pixels).
IconSize=26
#If 0, the dock won't hide. If 1, the dock intelligently hides. If 2, the dock auto-hides.
HideMode=2
#Time (in ms) to wait before unhiding the dock.
UnhideDelay=250
#The monitor number for the dock. Use -1 to keep on the primary monitor.
Monitor=-1
#List of *.dockitem files on this dock. DO NOT MODIFY
DockItems=chromium-canary-1.dockitem;;alacarte-made.dockitem;;firefox.dockitem;;thunderbird.dockitem;;gcalctool.dockitem;;gnome-screenshot.dockitem;;gnote.dockitem;;gnome-terminal.dockitem;;synaptic.dockitem;;pcmanfm.dockitem;;rhythmbox.dockitem;;vlc.dockitem;;guayadeque.dockitem;;banshee.dockitem
#The position for the dock on the monitor.
Position=3
#The dock's position offset from center (in percent).
Offset=-25
#The name of the dock's theme to use.
Theme=Default
#The alignment for the dock on the monitor's edge.
Alignment=3
#The alignment of the items in this dock.
ItemsAlignment=3
#Whether to prevent drag'n'drop actions and lock items on the dock.
LockItems=false
Does everything I want it to do, without getting in the way...
EDIT
BTW, I should mention... I'm using 'Clarity-mono-light' as the icon theme.
Icon themes make_or_break the look n' feel of docks, et al. IMO.
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