Re: [Fwd: "Document font" pref [was: Re: asking for approval for bug 160454]]

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 08:28 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > If you have a multi-line text field that isn't
> > fixed width, you should seriously consider using
> > the document font setting.  The dictionary should
> > use the document font setting.  (Why do we have
> > two seperate programs for the dictionary and the
> > dictionary applet?)
> 
> We have two binaries; the dictionary applet and the application both
> live inside gnome-utils/gnome-dictionary.  Besides that, the dictionary
> applet has a different UI (single-window, attached to the panel).
> Personally, I mainly use the application, since I don't have much more
> panel "real estate" left for the applet (when Davyd asked, at the last
> GUADEC, "how many applets do you have running", I was one that coughed
> uncomfortably and looked out of the window).

Oh, that was you coughing?  :)

I understand that the applets needs to have, well, an applet.
But then, wait, hum.  Now I was just going to go on about how
the applet brings up a different window than the application.
They're similar, but not the same thing.  But then I just
tested it on this machine, and that's not true.  But I swear,
when I wrote that last night, on that machine, they were
different windows.  What's up with that?

--
Shaun