Re: Couple of control-center .desktop oddities...

[jrb redhat com]

> On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 10:16:38AM -0500, Mike Bond wrote:
> 
> > >   For what its worth I've never seen two files here:
> > > 
> > > $ find /usr/local/GNOME/ -name "*screensaver*"
> > > /usr/local/GNOME/share/control-center/Workspace/screensaver-properties.de
 *sktop
> > > /usr/local/GNOME/bin/screensaver-properties-capplet
> > > 
> > 
> > share/control-center/Workspace is the 'old' location, it changed
> > sometime this last weekend to share/control-center/Desktop.
> 
>   Ok, I use tarballs and I haven't seen any new ones lately since the 99.8
> stuff so mine is still in the old location, must be the change in CVS
> thats doing it then and why I'm not seeing it here.
> 
> > >   Quitting that session and restarting, it reverts back to a generic xscr
 *eensaver again
> > > and I once again have to go back into control center and resave things be
 *fore my settings
> > > take effect. I don't know what I'm missing here or if its a bug or design
 *ed that way
> > > but I would think that whenever you start a session it should use your pr
 *eviously
> > > saved settings when starting up xscreensaver ?
> > > 
> > 
> > I have noticed this as well, quite annoying, though it can currently be
> > worked around so it's been low on my priority list for reporting, ie. I
> > keep forgetting ;-).
> 
>   I don't think its high on anybodies priority list as you're the first
> one to even acknowledge the problem although I've posted it 2-3 times
> already. Granted its minor and can be worked around but its something I
> think shold definitely be fixed for 1.0. One of the first things a lot
> of people will do is setup/use the screensaver and right off the bat they
> run into something that doesn't work correctly, not a good first impression.
It's been fixed in CVS for a week now...

-Jonathan