How to set template-wide gnome-terminal default profile?

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tetra...@danwin1210.me

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Oct 11, 2019, 11:48:17 PM10/11/19
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Common scenario:
1) create new appVM
2) open terminal
3) "oh no, the color scheme and font and terminal settings are all wrong"
4) spend some time clicking around in menus fixing it

Is there a way to create a template-wide default gnome-terminal profile?

(The terminal profile that I set in the template is not propagated to
appVMs based on that template)

unman

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Oct 13, 2019, 8:39:47 AM10/13/19
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The settings are stored in .config/dconf
Configure the template.
Copy .config/dconf to /etc/skel in the template.
Now every new appVM you create will inherit your configuration.

For existing qubes, I would do this using salt. If you need help with
that let me know.

unman

tetra...@danwin1210.me

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Oct 14, 2019, 9:27:30 AM10/14/19
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On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 01:39:42PM +0100, unman wrote:
>
>The settings are stored in .config/dconf
>Configure the template.
>Copy .config/dconf to /etc/skel in the template.
>Now every new appVM you create will inherit your configuration.

Perfect, just what I wanted.

Added an issue to get this put in the community docs:
https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/issues/73
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