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Gedit 3.6.1, how to increase the number of recent files from its default of 5?

rated 0 times [ 12] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4000 / 2 Years ago, fri, march 4, 2022, 12:22:24

Ubuntu 12.10, gedit 3.6.1

This won't work:

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/gedit- /preferences/ui/recents/max_recents 30

Modifying this file as root won't work either:

cat /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnome.gedit.gschema.xml |grep rece -C 1

EDIT: there is nothing at gconf-editor either.

Is it hard coded? In order to increase the number of recent files in gedit from its default of 5 will I need to find, "fix" and recompile gedit with the answer here?

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answered 2 Years ago intssive · Accepted Answer

Using the dconf-editor, this value can be found in the schema under org.gnome.gedit.preferences.ui. The value that you want to change is called max.recents.

dconf-editor can be installed from USC here:

or from a command line using: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools