Re: feedback

[Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller <Uraeus linuxrising org>]

dumas patrice wrote:

> Hi,
> I installed sawmill together with helix gnome, on top of a mandrake7, and
> I report some things, asking for help if it exists some. If there is an
> archive where all these questions have been answered, please let me know.
> (don't know if it is bugs or not, nor if it is relevant for sawmill or
> gnome)

Well, the gnome-list is archived here:
http://www.gnome.org/mailing-lists/archives/gnome-list/


> First, gnome loads some stuff with sawmill last, but I have to click on
> the screen to open the session and this is quite slow. I think, it would
> be better if it displayed the hint immediately, and then the desktop,
> without having need to click on the logo window nor to close the hint
> window.

I am not sure I understand what you are trying to say here.  But there
should be no reason to click on anything during startup. Try deleting the
.gnome directory in your home directory and restart GNOME.

>
> Second, when I first opened the gnome config center, there was no way of
> choosing sawmill as WM, although (I think) it was the one running, and I
> had to add it.
> (note that  I hadn't installed sawmill-gnome at that time. I dunno if the
> same  problem would have arised if sawmill-gnome had been installed at
> that time).

I would have solved your problem :)

> Another things I think aren't fine, is that
> I have a panel on the top of the screen, from which I can't change
> properties, and also
> the panels are either always masking the windows, or always under the
> windows. It would be good (IMO), that, for a panel under the other
> windows, a click on it would raise it on the top of the other windows.

Personally I hate that panel at the top, my suggestion is to right-click on
it and choose to remove it.
I like the horizontal corner panels  instead. Take a look at this
screenshoot I posted on themes.org to see what I mean:
http://www.themes.org/php/pic.phtml?src=shots/956265400.jpg


> I also think that it would be good if there was some help about the gnome
> session and the management of the session, a way to set properties other
> than to modify the session file.
> Is it possible for example to have different sessions and load one or the
> other, at want ?

As for general help there are continually new stuff being put in by the
documentation team so if there is n't any now there probably will be
something soon.  As for the multiplesessions, no that isn't possible, but
post a wishlist bug through the gnome bug system. http://bugs.gnome.org/

> I have another problem, that is that the working directory for almost
> everything was incorrectely set the first time I ran gnome, and I don't
> see an easy way to change it. I think it would be good if it was possible
> to change it from the gnome config center.

well, deleting the .gnome directory should nullify most configuration
things, but I am once again not sure what excatly you mean here.

Hopes this helps some,
Christian