Re: preserving user configuration

["Matthias Clasen" <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On 7/7/06, Raphael Slinckx <raphael slinckx net> wrote:
> Yes, the implementation is lagging a bit.
> The interesting thing about it, is that there is no other way to
> preserve settings from gtik than to walk the gconf key
> /apps/panel/applets, look for directories names applet_*, look into each
> directory if the bonobo OAFIID correspond to gtik's one, then extracts
> information from gtik gconf schema and import it. Note that there is
> apparently no way to know if you have multiple applet_* matching, which
> one is the real, corresponding to the running instance of gtik (or maybe
> you have more than one instance and then you're even more screwed).

I agree it sounds mildly painful.

> PS. I think i could use someone working on it a bit, since i'm seriously
> low on time to handle all my other stuff, and the original person who
> told me he was going to help didn't help, after all.

I'll attach the patch I needed to make it work in rawhide.

Matthias

--- gnome-applets-2.15.1.1/invest-applet/data/art/Makefile.am.invest	2006-07-07 14:37:38.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-applets-2.15.1.1/invest-applet/data/art/Makefile.am	2006-07-07 14:37:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 pixmapsdir = $(datadir)/pixmaps
 pixmaps_DATA = invest-big.png
 
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/gnome-applets/invest-applet
+
 artdir = $(pkgdatadir)/art
 art_DATA = invest-button.png invest-16.png invest.svg
 
--- gnome-applets-2.15.1.1/invest-applet/data/Makefile.am.invest	2006-07-07 14:37:55.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-applets-2.15.1.1/invest-applet/data/Makefile.am	2006-07-07 14:39:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 uidir = $(datadir)/gnome-2.0/ui
 ui_DATA = \
 	Invest_Applet.xml
+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/gnome-applets/invest-applet
+gladedir = $(pkgdatadir)/glade
 glade_DATA = \
 	prefs-dialog.glade \
 	financialchart.glade
 
-investbindir = $(libdir)/invest-applet
-
 # ******************************************************************************
 # Build rules
 # ******************************************************************************
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 @INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE@
 
 $(server_in_files): $(server_in_files:.server.in=.server.in.in)
-	sed -e "s|\ LIBEXECDIR\@|$(investbindir)|" $< > $@
+	sed -e "s|\ LIBEXECDIR\@|$(libexecdir)|" $< > $@
 
 #if GCONF_SCHEMAS_INSTALL
 #install-data-local: install-schemas