gnomenautilus
Since I changed from Unity to Gnome 3.8, nautilus has not remembered any view options:
~/Downloads, but next time I start nautilus it has forgotten).Any ideas what could be causing this?
Thanks.
From the command line, run the command sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
Or click here to install from the Ubuntu Software Center:
Press Alt + F2 and type dconf-editor
Go to org -> gnome -> gnome-screenshot
At "auto-save-directory" type the desired directory in the following format: file:///home/user/Desktop/
A tip for anyone who is using the configuration editor in unity: click on the arrow to the left the org text to expand it.
Simply run this command, replacing the path with your preferred directory.
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file:///home/$USER/Downloads/"
I see what you're saying. Sadly there is no way to do this; you must do it globally in the preferences as you have.
My suggestion: If you need to know if a folder is newer/older than a file, you could set it to the List view (which shows some details on the files) and arrange the items by modification date. That would probably be the closest to what you're looking for.
Best Answer
I realize that When using Nautilus (Fedora 19 - Gnome 3.8) an icon named "Files" appears in the top left of the screen (not in the window of Nautilus itself). Right click in the icon and choose "Preferences". After changing the settings we should close and restart Nautilus to see the results.