Re: [Fwd: Re: New string in gnome-control-center]

[Danilo Segan <danilo gnome org>]

Hi Sergey,

"Sergey V. Udaltsov" <svu@gnome.org> writes:

> Even people who KNOW they are using xmodmap - they will get confused by
> the fact it does not work any more. Just silently does not work.

If I was using xmodmap, and it doesn't work, I'd be interested in the
solution to make it work.  Actually, I'd be satisfied with getting my
settings back, but letting me know that they don't work won't help
much.  Is it at all an option to pop-up a keyboard configuration applet
here?  That would implicitely say "reconfigure your keyboard settings".

That's where I saw the option to swap Caps and Control (the most
common case according to Jody), so that should help in most of the
cases.

> You are mostly welcome to invent the wording which explains (not too
> techy) what's wrong.

I don't think there's such a wording, so I don't think there should
be such message at all.  We can't fix it, so to hell with it.  Or, we
can propose them alternate solution: "here you go, a keyboard capplet
which allows you to get at least something back".

> The word "silently" is a keyword here. Sure we'd like to fix the
> problem, not explain user why it cannot be fixed. But all possble
> "hidden" solutions were discussed earlier (believe me - they were) and
> none of them is real. I hope you believe Jody and me would be happy not
> to have this argument here:)

Yes I believe you, but I'm still not convinced this is the best
solution.  Of course, I also believe Jody and you have spent more time
than me on this, so I will argue no more.  I brought my opinion up,
it's up to you to see what to do with it :)

Cheers,
Danilo