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List:       gentoo-desktop
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-desktop] Gnome 2 Configurability
From:       Spider <spider () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2002-06-29 7:44:47
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On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:03:52 +0200
Magnus Therning <magnus.therning@wanadoo.nl> wrote:


> I suppose the workspace/viewport was one such redundant feature, it
> seems to have been reduced to only workspace now, which is a pity
> since workspaces aren't 2d (or can I do 2x2 workspaces?).

I think you can, but I haven't explored further, since I've always used
linear layout (with ctrl+left/Right to navigate)  so I haven't looked at
it. 

> 
> > But, the main issue here is, What features do you want? And, -why-
> > do you want them? a neatly argued case can well get the feature you
> > miss, or the configuration you miss, back into the system, or it may
> > let you in on where its hidden now.
> 
> Where do I turn to argue? (Somewhwere on the Gnome site, I suppose, or
> to you directly?)


Actually, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/   and file it as "Usability" bug.


> 
> > yes, a lot of features are still there, but hidden by default due to
> > usability.
> 
> This is where the lack of documentation hits you in the face. I
> *really* liked my sawfish setup from gnome1, but I couldn't use the
> configuration tool to get the same behaviour in gnome2 (a combination
> of bugs and removed options). Everything seemed to be in sawfish
> still, but I now had to edit my ~/.sawfishrc instead... and the
> documentation for sawfish is ok, but many of the global settings for
> features are undocumented. It was possible to do, but a nuisance.
> 
This should have been documented, at some points it might be packages,
but in others it may well be the missing documentation in Gnome 2, and
that is a bug.

> One more thing: my menus in gnome2 don't contain the items my gnome1
> menus did (I seems to have gotten loads of games instead). I can't
> find a menu editor... help!?

This is a known caveat and addressed partially in the Gnome 2 release
notes.


//Spider
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