On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 14:01, Havoc Pennington wrote: > > Hi, > > I think it's important that we get better background/font capplets for > 2.0. I don't know the detailed story but apparently people have > written the improved capplets. There's also apparently a better set of > background schemas, and these MUST go in before 2.0 if they are going > to change. > > If we're going to get things in for 2.0, they need to go in _NOW_, at > least the UI, strings, and schemas do; some code cleanup can come > later, but we need the UI, strings, and schemas so that other modules > and teams can coordinate. > > So I don't know what the whole long saga is about why this stuff is > not in, etc., but can people please make a concerted effort to get the > stuff in CVS ASAP. Plenty of the stuff in GNOME 2 is a bit broken or > suboptimal, but as long as the rough overall shape of something is > right, it needs to go in CVS sooner rather than later, so that other > people hacking on GNOME 2, writing docs, translations, etc. can > adapt. We need to sync Nautilus with the schemas for example. > > Specifically why I think these need changing: > > - the font capplet has only one control in it and looks dumb, and > is not instant apply; it should let us change the window titlebar > font in addition to the GTK font, be instant apply, and get some > assistance on overall appearance. It's just completely lame > at the moment. > > - the background capplet is much uglier and less usable than Seth's > very nice version. It definitely needs some UI help. > > - I haven't looked at the schemas, just going on hearsay, > but again if they are going to change it needs doing soon. > > Can people please take care of this? There is no good reason that I > see to ship GNOME 2 with inferior capplets in these two areas. > Let's just fix it. Hi Havoc, On the subject of the background capplet, I do not object to changing the schemas and cleaning up the UI, but I want to see two separate patches: one for each of those tasks. The schemas patch will most likely go right in, while the UI patch will require a bit of tweaking on my part before I approve it. So far, this style of presentation has not been forthcoming. On the subject of the font capplet, I have not seen any patch for a rewritten version. I will gladly review such a patch if it is sent to me. > Havoc > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- ======================================================================== Bradford Hovinen Hacker http://primates.ximian.com/~hovinen/ Ximian Desktop team hovinen ximian com Ximian, Inc. Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That's why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that's why they write symphonies. - Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
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