Search:

I'm running Debian 6.0.3 (squeeze) and found the search history in:

/Applications/System Tools/Configuration Editor

for the following key:

...

i have the same request of knowing how to clear the drop box file of search terms in the Search/Find dialogue of Gedit. Usually they are a hidden text file somewhere, but alas not found.

root@a8n-la-pb:/usr/share/doc/xdg-utils# ls -l
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-06-26 03:29 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2696 2011-04-14 13:07 changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root...

I just fixed it on my machine running 10.04 LTS. Here's what I did: Go to:

http://portland.freedesktop.org

And download the xdg-utils 1.0.2 file. Extract it to an empty folder in your home...

Three weeks later a reply emerges from the murky cloud of computing. I was prompted to sign up for the newsletter at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-wv

I'm in the Panhandle....