[Geary] Geary layout

[Jim Nelson]

Ah -- I took another look and believe I see the problem.

GSettings keys should not contain underscores.  Change "classic_layout" to
"classic-layout" (make sure it's changed in the code as well!) and give
that a try.

-- Jim

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Martin Weißhaupt <mw88 at mw88.org> wrote:

>  Hi Jim,
>
> I played a bit with the settings-schema but I can't get it to work.
> As soon as I modify the schema it tells me, that is is not installed.
>
> Could you please try to put my changes in the file and see if geary still
> starts?
>
> Thx,
> Martin
>
> Am 11.10.2012 01:26, schrieb Jim Nelson:
>
> Oh, I see.  I wasn't putting the pieces together.
>
>  Yes, you need to add your new GSettings setting to the XML file.  When
> Geary runs, that XML is used by GSettings itself.  GSettings is not like
> GConf or the Windows Registry, which are free-form stores.  GSettings
> requires a schema and enforces it on every access.
>
>  So, no, I think that should do it!
>
>  -- Jim
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Martin Weißhaupt <mw88 at mw88.org><mw88 at mw88.org>wrote:
>
> Ok, I played around with a few things and noticed that after reverting any
> changes of the file "desktop/org.yorba.geary.gschema.xml" and rebuilding
> geary it does actually start.
>
> But I need an extra entry in the settings for the layout so I added this
> to the file:
>     <key name="classic_layout" type="b">
>         <default>true</default>
>         <summary>enable classic layout</summary>
>         <description>True to display classic layout.</description>
>     </key>
>
> These 5 lines seem to produce the problem. Is there anything else I must
> do if I want to update the settings?
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin
>
> Am 10.10.2012 20:13, schrieb Martin Weißhaupt:
>
> Shure, here is the output:
> mweisshaupt at prometheus:~/Projekte/Vala/geary/build$ ./geary --debug
>
> (geary:10352): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.yorba.geary' is not
> installed
>
> Trace/Breakpoint ausgelöst (Speicherabzug geschrieben)
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin
>
> Am 10.10.2012 19:51, schrieb Jim Nelson:
>
> Could you run Geary like this from your build directory:
>
> $ ./geary --debug
>
> and tell us what you're seeing?
>
> -- Jim
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Martin Weißhaupt <mw88 at mw88.org><mw88 at mw88.org>wrote:
>
>
> Hello Jim,
>
> I was a little busy the last week but yesterday evening I pulled the
> updated sources and ran the commands you mentioned.
>
> The –disable-schemas-compile option was not used.
>
> I’m still not able to start geary. Is there a command to update the schema
> in dconf with the new one?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Martin
>
> *Von:*Jim Nelson [mailto:jim at yorba.org <jim at yorba.org>]
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 3. Oktober 2012 22:45
> *An:* Martin Weißhaupt
> *Cc:* Martin Weißhaupt; geary at lists.yorba.org
> *Betreff:* Re: [Geary] Geary layout
>
> You should be able to simply update the
> desktop/org.yorba.geary.gschema.xml file and see them available when you
> run Geary from the build directory.  We do some trickery in Geary to
> compile the updated schema and have GSettings look in the compiled
> directory for them.
>
> If not, re-run ./configure and rebuild.  In particular, be sure you
> *don't* use the --disable-schemas-compile option.
>
> -- Jim
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:05 AM, Martin Weißhaupt <mw88 at mw88.org
> <mailto:mw88 at mw88.org> <mw88 at mw88.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> I'm implementing the classic layout but I have a problem with the
> settings.
> I changed the settings schema to include my classic-layout option but I
> don't find a way to install the changed schema-file.
>
> This is the error I get while starting the compiled geary:
> (geary:8994): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.yorba.geary' is
> not installed
>
> Can you help me with this problem?
>
> Thx in advance,
> Martin
>
> Am 28.09.2012 01:26, schrieb Adam Dingle:
> > Martin,
> >
> > thanks for your followup message with a link to a screenshot (
> http://mw88.org/uploads/geary.jpg). So now I see: you're interested in a
> classic 3-pane layout with the conversation list above the message area.
> Yes, we've thought about this. Actually we have an open feature request at
> >
> > http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/5629
> >
> > We'd be happy to take a patch which adds a preference to enable this
> kind of layout. Cheers -
> >
> > adam
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Adam Dingle wrote:
> > Martin,
> >
> > thanks for your message. Our mailing list doesn't allow attachments, so
> could you upload the screenshot somewhere and post a link?
> >
> > adam
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Martin Weißhaupt wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a developer mostly working with Java and C# and I'm toying around
> with Vala at the moment.
> >
> > I like geary a lot but I prefer to have my mail client's layout to look
> like the attached screenshot.
> >
> > To achieve this I simply had to change one attribute and it seems to
> work pretty good. Well, the conversation_list is too big now but this could
> easily be fixed too.
> >
> > So are there any plans to implement something to change layouts or is
> this something I could contribute to geary?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Martin Weißhaupt
> >
> >
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