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Aquarius Power
Asked: 2013-06-17 10:03:54 +0800 CST

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

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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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4 Answers

  1. Best 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:

    Install via the software center

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

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  2. There exists as well a possibility to achieve this without installing additional software:

    dconf write /org/gnome/gedit/preferences/ui/max-recents "uint32 10"

    Or:

    gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.ui max-recents "uint32 10"
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  3. I tried the dconf-editor (see first answer on this page) on 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it worked without a hitch. The steps include:

    1. In terminal: sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
    2. In dash, find and launch dconf Editor
    3. In dconf Editor left pane, expand org -> gnome -> gedit -> preferences
    4. In dconf Editor left pane, select ui
    5. In dconf Editor right pane, double-click the value next to 'max-recents'
    6. Type new value (I entered 20).
    7. Press Enter
    8. Close Configuration Editor.
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  4. Cant make recent files higher than 10 anymore. Use gedit-plugins and enable Quick Open workaround described below:

    Can't increase the number of recent documents in gedit

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