Re: Legacy apps and themes

[Michael Toomim <toomim ocf berkeley edu>]

textshell neutronstar dyndns org wrote:
> I don't think that a hidden gconf key as the only way to disable this is a good
> idea (except we start promoting gconf as a configuration utility on it's own;
> just as many old style applications have some important options in the ui and
> the rest should be tweaked in the conffiles).

How about this:

Add a UI checkbox to the "controls" section of the themes applet:

_____________________________________________
|_controls_|_icons___________________________|
|                    |                       |
| themes             |  install theme        |
| list               |  go to theme folder   |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    |                       |
|                    | [ ] try to set colors |
|                    | for non-gnome         |
|____________________| applications as well  |
|                                            |
|  new themes can also be installed by ...   |
|  ______                           _______  |
| | Help |                         | close | |
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Then if power-users request it, maybe add a gconf key that lets you 
specifify particular applications / xrdb settings that shouldn't be 
modified.