one more dumb gnome question -- well, actually, two or three

[dep]

okay. bonus point time.

i cannot make the frigging panel autohide. looking at gnome list 
archives, i see that it *can* be done, but going through the control 
center i also cannot find the place to do it. anybody know how this 
is done?

desktop icons. i want there to be none. i've gotten it down to two -- 
the little house thing and the trashcan. the latter i can live 
entirely without; the former i'd like to move elsewhere, onto the 
panel or something. seeking "panel manual" i got nautilus (which on 
first blush causes me to think that eazel should not have just gone 
out of business but its principles beaten as well) and my home 
directory -- no documentation of any sort. anybody know how to do 
this?

gmc. see above for the short-form review of nautilus. i have gmc 
installed and am happy with it. of course, it therefore appears on no 
menu, and there seems to be no equivalent of the kde kaapfinder. how 
does one add an application to the panel?

tia!
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