Re: [Evolution] toolbar display text

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:38 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> >  The fact that they don't means there is an assumption that Gnome
> > is the desktop and the user will just click on the Gnome Control
> Panel.
>
> And what if the user prefers a system like TWM? What then? You're
> assuming that the user runs either GNOME or KDE, but not everyone
> does.

Actually I'm assuming the exact opposite. I'm not asking for special
treatment for KDE (though that's the desktop I use) or for any other
desktop. I'm saying that access to an app's configuration should be
available *from the app itself* (even if there is a desktop with a
separate control panel).

> > 3) The Novell page on Evo
> > (http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html)
> does
> > not mention any dependance on the Gnome desktop.
>
> it doesn't depend on GNOME to run, it just depends on the GNOME libs
> and
> uses system-wide GNOME settings (which can be set without the GNOME
> desktop apps installed)
>
> you can use gconftool-2 or gconf-editor to change settings.

So I don't see the problem with just calling them from Evo.

Asking an end-user to execute a Shell command (gconftool-2) to change
settings is simply not going to work (I know, I have a lot of them).

And using gconf-editor requires familiarity with the tree layout and a
fair amount of navigation to get to where the Evo settings are, with
lots of opportunities for shooting oneself in the foot on the way.

> > Does anyone on the Evo development team use a desktop other than
> Gnome?
>
> NotZed doesn't use GNOME 

Glad to hear it (not that I have anything against Gnome).

poc