Gnome 2.28 changes

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi All!

Gnome users should be prepared for some changes with version 2.28, in for  
example Fedora 12.  By default, icons are no longer shown on menus and in  
dialog buttons.  Furthermore, the System:Preferences:Appearance:Interface  
tab has been removed, so you also no longer have a GUI for over-riding the  
default.

Personally...well, I will censor my thoughts about this decision.  The  
main thing is, if you want to restore either, you can use the disastrous  
gconf-editor GUI to over-ride it, or, if you don't have gconf-editor  
installed (it doesn't seem to be part of the default install), the even  
more obscure console command(s):

gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons -t bool true
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons -t bool true

For some discussion, flames, etc, see  
<URL:http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-November/msg00093.html>--feel  
free to join in!

Peter

PS:  I just thought the "help" menu item and buttons looked really lost  
without their little life-belt :(