Unity Configuration

[Colin Law]

On 27 June 2011 22:36, Peter Hillier-Brook <phb at hbsys.plus.com> wrote:
> On 27/06/2011 17:04, Alan Pope wrote:
>>
>> On 27 June 2011 17:02, Peter Hillier-Brook<phb at hbsys.plus.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Using the "Classic" i.e. Gnome 2 desktop one is able to right-click the
>>> icon
>>> and edit the properties associated with the application. All I want is
>>> that
>>> level of functionality in the "better" Unity desktop.
>>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/edit-ubuntu-unity-launcher-quicklist-with-unity-launcher-editor/
>>
>> Any use to you?
>>
>> I filed a bug when beta testing unity because there was no way to
>> manually maintain the properties of launcher items. I don't think such
>> a dialog is on the radar.
>>
>> Al.
>
> Alan,
>
> I appreciate your input and it looks interesting, but all I really want is
> to know where the configuration stuff is stored. I very much like to be
> "hands-on" at the bits and bytes level so that, on my computers things are
> done my way, not the way a 3rd party thinks they should be done. ;-)

The link I previously posted contains a lot of that information
http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand

Colin