From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R1IHN-0001Do-Rk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:35:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1989C21C161; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:34:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp203.alice.it (smtp203.alice.it [82.57.200.99]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 788F521C083 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:33:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localnet (87.2.118.113) by smtp203.alice.it (8.5.124.08) (authenticated as stefano.crocco@alice.it) id 4E6726DB0001DF0E for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:33:48 +0200 From: Stefano Crocco To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Opera browser set home page Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:36:24 +0200 Message-ID: <1437700.ao8ELTIMAA@localhost> User-Agent: KMail/4.7.0 (Linux/3.0.0-gentoo; KDE/4.7.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <87aaag5z04.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87aaag5z04.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 3ac28a55224bd4e44398b1413cf65c04 On Wednesday 07 September 2011 07:16:11 Harry Putnam wrote: > Pretty lame and pretty OT, but here it is: > > I've installed Opera... in the last 40 min or so, I've attempted to > determine how to set a home page. Googled etc. > > Directions found on google appear NOT to apply to linux version. > > Navigate to and click the preferences link at top of opera page. > > NOT... there is no such link. > > So, how is it done... well maybe a preferences file found in ~/.opera/ > > vim operaprefs.ini ... and then insert: > Home URL=www.google.com/ig > (save and restart) .. once again NOT. > > Even watched a video... which shows a nice person clicking on > preferences Icon... but well ... there isn't one. Check all available > toolbars by clicking `customize' on existing top mast but not finding > a menu like that. > > Is opera really so poorly designed as to make such a simple operation > so time consuming, or am I missing something really basic (as usual). > > How is such a simple operation done? Are you asking how to set the page which opens the first time you launch Opera? With the version I have installed (11.50.1074), you have to click on the Opera button, just below the title bar and at the left of the first open tab. A menu will popup. There you'll find a 'Settings' menu and a 'Preferences' submenu inside it. Clicking on Preferences displays a dialog where, in the General tab, you can choose the starting page. There you can also tell Opera to always load a saved session or the last used one. Please, be aware the names of menus and dialogs I mentioned above may be slightly different from those: I have installed Opera in Italian, so I don't kown what are the English versions of the names. I hope this helps Stefano