Thread: Is it possible to modify Opera settings files?
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artkavanagh is offline artkavanagh
2007-02-28 , 10:14
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Originally Posted by GeeZuZz View Post
I've got xterm installed on my N800, and found opera.ini, but can't view it... I could copy it to user directory, but i don't have any application that will view it. I also tried to copy it to SD, but it's not possible to write files to SD? (just getting write errors - write protection is off)

Any suggestions?
1. Open opera.ini in vi (which comes free with xterm). Assuming that you're in the /home/user directory, enter
vi ./.opera/opera.ini
at the command prompt. If you just want to view it without editing, use more:
more ./.opera/opera.ini

2. If you find vi a bit daunting (that would make at least 2 of us), copy opera.ini to the "Documents" directory (which is visible from the file manager). If you give the copy a .txt extension, you'll be able to open and edit it in Notes:
cp ./.opera/opera.ini ./MyDocs/.documents/operaini.txt

When you've made the changes you want, make sure that Opera is closed and copy the results back:

cp -f ./MyDocs/.documents/operaini.txt ./.opera/opera.ini

If for any reason Opera doesn't work properly, delete the amended ini file:
rm ./.opera/opera.ini
and start Opera again. As I'm sure you know, Opera is supposed to create a new default ini file. I've never had occasion to see whether this is true or not.

Bon courage,

Art