Is there a way to change the location of the minimize/maximize Windows in Lucid?

[Nolan Cooper]

On 06/23/2010 06:43 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Donkey Hottie<donkey at fred.pp.fi>  wrote:
>> On 22.6.2010 18:41, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Maxime Alarie<malarie at processia.com>  wrote:
>>>> I dont  like having them on the left side of the windows..   Im used to
>>>> close my windows on the top-right corner…
>>>
>>> sudo gconftool-2 --set --type=string ":minimize,maximize,close"
>>> /apps/metacity/general/button_layout
>>
>> Error setting value: Bad key or directory name:
>> "menu:minimize,maximize,close": Must begin with a slash '/'
>>
>> I even tried
>>
>> # gconftool-2 --set --type=string /apps/metacity/general/button_layout
>> menu:minimize,maximize,close
>>
>> And it does not error, but nothing happens. After a reboot the buttons
>> are still in left.
>
> Sorry.
>
> 1. Just checked the man page and the "--set" might have to be next to
> the "menu...".
>
> 2. Thinking about it, you probably need to do this as the logged-in
> user and not as root.
>
> So
> $ gconftool-2 /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type=string --set
> "menu:minimize,maximize,close"
> not
> $ sudo gconftool-2 /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type=string
> --set "menu:minimize,maximize,close"
> or
> # gconftool-2 /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type=string --set
> "menu:minimize,maximize,close"
>

This has worked for me on two different occasions..


CODE:conflation-2 --set /apps/metacity/general/button_layout --type 
string "menu:minimize,maximize,close"

Nolan