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Old 11-15-2009, 11:57 PM   #1
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Oops, i set Gnome/Naultluas to open directories with gedit

Title says it all. now i cannot open directories, gedit pops up and says xxx is a directory.
 
Old 11-16-2009, 12:57 AM   #2
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the easiest way to fix this might to rename ~/.gnome to ~/gnome-old
then reboot
 
Old 11-16-2009, 01:48 AM   #3
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WTF?
Code:
Bareword "gnome" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at (eval 1) line 1.
 
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typo
that is ~/.gnome-old

i missed the ". "

or .gnome2 to .gnome2-old
 
  


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