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heyup
August 27th, 2012, 07:54 PM
What is the correct syntax to use where a key has multiple values?

For example:-

gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.nautilus.list-view
This lists the default keys and values:-

org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns ['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified']
To add the values 'owner' and 'permissions' to the key, I tried this:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns ['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'permissions']
But that doesn't work. It gives error. What is the correct syntax?

spjackson
August 27th, 2012, 08:52 PM
You just need to quote the value


gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns "['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'permissions']"

heyup
August 28th, 2012, 09:39 AM
You just need to quote the value


gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.list-view default-visible-columns "['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'owner', 'permissions']"

Thank you. That worked. Problem solved!