Did some more testing, and found that some of the settings reported are indeed non-default, but most of them are at their defaults:
/apps/nautilus/desktop/computer_icon_visible=false /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible=false /apps/nautilus/desktop/network_icon_visible=false /apps/nautilus/desktop/trash_icon_visible=false /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_sort_in_reverse_order=false /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_use_manual_layout=false /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_use_tighter_layout=false /apps/nautilus/icon_view/labels_beside_icons=false /apps/nautilus/list_view/default_column_order=[name,size,type,date_modified,date_accessed,group,where,mime_type,octal_permissions,owner,permissions,selinux_context] /apps/nautilus/list_view/default_sort_in_reverse_order=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/background_filename= /apps/nautilus/preferences/background_set=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/click_policy=single /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_font=FreeSans 9 /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/enable_delete=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/exit_with_last_window=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_autorun_never=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_autorun_x_content_ignore=[x-content/blank-cd,x-content/audio-cdda] /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_autorun_x_content_start_app=[x-content/software,x-content/blank-cd,x-content/audio-cdda] /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_advanced_permissions=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/side_pane_background_filename= /apps/nautilus/preferences/side_pane_background_set=false /apps/nautilus/preferences/side_pane_view= /apps/nautilus/preferences/sidebar_width=100 /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_backup_files=false /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_hidden_files=false
For example, my font and the fact that I use single-click are rightly shown, but it suggests that hidden files being hidden is not the default.
Did some more testing, and found that some of the settings reported are indeed non-default, but most of them are at their defaults:
/apps/nautilus/ desktop/ computer_ icon_visible= false desktop/ home_icon_ visible= false desktop/ network_ icon_visible= false desktop/ trash_icon_ visible= false icon_view/ default_ sort_in_ reverse_ order=false icon_view/ default_ use_manual_ layout= false icon_view/ default_ use_tighter_ layout= false icon_view/ labels_ beside_ icons=false list_view/ default_ column_ order=[ name,size, type,date_ modified, date_accessed, group,where, mime_type, octal_permissio ns,owner, permissions, selinux_ context] list_view/ default_ sort_in_ reverse_ order=false preferences/ always_ use_location_ entry=false preferences/ background_ filename= preferences/ background_ set=false preferences/ click_policy= single preferences/ desktop_ font=FreeSans 9 preferences/ desktop_ is_home_ dir=false preferences/ enable_ delete= false preferences/ exit_with_ last_window= false preferences/ media_autorun_ never=false preferences/ media_autorun_ x_content_ ignore= [x-content/ blank-cd, x-content/ audio-cdda] preferences/ media_autorun_ x_content_ start_app= [x-content/ software, x-content/ blank-cd, x-content/ audio-cdda] preferences/ show_advanced_ permissions= false preferences/ side_pane_ background_ filename= preferences/ side_pane_ background_ set=false preferences/ side_pane_ view= preferences/ sidebar_ width=100 gnome/file_ views/show_ backup_ files=false gnome/file_ views/show_ hidden_ files=false
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For example, my font and the fact that I use single-click are rightly shown, but it suggests that hidden files being hidden is not the default.