Can't adjust launcher icon size

[Jim Byrnes]

On 02/07/2014 01:27 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> On 02/07/2014 04:14 AM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> On 02/06/2014 04:13 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but the smallest it goes is 32, same for CompizConfig and MyUnity.
>>>>>> Found that I don't have UbuntuTweak installed so I don't know about
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> one.
>>>>>
>>>>> 32 is a strange limit. I use
>>>>>
>>>>> gsettings set
>>>>> org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/
>>>>> icon-size 16
>>>>>
>>>>> to set it to 16.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not much of a command line user, so when I try that command and I get
>>>> the response: "No such schema 'org.compiz.unityshell'", I'm not sure how
>>>> to
>>>> proceed.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, I should've qualified my answer.
>>>
>>> It works on 14.04, 13.10, and 13.04.
>>>
>>> It works on 12.10 for values >=32.
>>>
>>> For 12.04, you have to use gconftool-2. I've forgotten the invocation
>>> and, AFAIR, it'll only work for values >=32.
>>
>> OK, thanks for the clarification. I have 13.10 on my laptop and that's were
>> it will do the most good anyway.
>
> You're welcome.
>
> I forgot to answer your question about "no such schema". I don't
> really know what to do except to check what keys exist with
>
> dconf list /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/
>
> (I tried to come up with a gsettings invocation for about 5 minutes
> and then gave up. Had I known about dconf when I first needed to
> change the icon size, I would've probably have used dconf too because
> figuring out how gsettings works is a PitA!)
>

Well if it is a PitA! for you, it is a PitA! + a couple of hemorrhoids 
for me. I find that I don't have dconf installed.  So I'll install it 
and see what it looks like.

Thanks,  Jim