Re: Control Center/Enlightenment configuration

["Tim Lewis" <tlewis digaudio com>]

I might add to this that E and GNOME must be able to set backgrounds
independently, since one cannot assume E is in use with GNOME.
Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: raster@redhat.com <raster@redhat.com>
To: jsight@pair.com <jsight@pair.com>
Cc: rms39@columbia.edu <rms39@columbia.edu>; gnome-list@gnome.org
<gnome-list@gnome.org>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: Control Center/Enlightenment configuration


>On 22 Feb, Jesse D. Sightler scribbled:
>->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
>->  >
>->  > On 22 Feb, Russell Steinthal scribbled:
>->  > ->  I just came across a somewhat weird E/GNOME interaction which I
>->  > ->  thought I'd mention (I'm writing here since I don't read the E
list
>->  > ->  and I know Rasterman is on gnome-list...).  Anyway, enough
>->  > ->  introduction.
>->  > ->
>->  > ->  Basically, the problem is that if I start the GNOME Control
Center
>->  > ->  and go to the Enlightenment page, the Backgrounds (sub-) page is
>->  > ->  inactive (i.e. all the controls except OK and Cancel are grayed
out).
>->  > ->   If I run the Enlightenment configurator from my E menu (middle
>->  > ->  button, Configuration), it works correctly.
>->  > ->
>->  > ->  Is this a known problem, a feature I just missed the
documentation
>->  > ->  for, a misconfiguration on my part, or a new bug?  If the latter,
and
>->  > ->  I can provide any more information, let me know.
>->  >
>->  > its a feature. (in special fx when you run under the control-center
>->  > theyers a checkbutton to enable the background selector)
>->  >
>->
>->  Why has this never been added to the Backgrounds page?  Seriously, I'm
>->  no UI expert, but don't you think that it would be more intuitive if
the
>->  option to enable backgrounds were on the same page as the background
>->  settings?  :)
>
>it's not MEANt to be intuitive - its meant to hide it from the novice
>user.
>
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