RE: configurablity in gnome2 seems to of vanished

[mike redtux demon co uk]

J G A v Riswick tue nl wrote:
>  
> Probably the developers are porting their programs to
> gtk2.0 and as this means a lot of rewriting, basic stuff
> gets done first, and extra stuff gets done later...
> 
> jos
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Cooke
> To: gnome-list
> Sent: 6/13/2002 8:28 PM
> Subject: configurablity in gnome2 seems to of vanished
> 
> Or is it just me?
> 
> Since installing Gnome2 and playing with it, it seems a lot of the
> configuration options that was standard in gnome 1.4 have now all gone
> or are still there, but missing _IMO_ a lot of the old options that was
> present in gnome 1.4
> 
> 1. For example in sawfish I can no longer find an entry in the sawfish
> menu to allow me to 'automatically remember window sizes' ( I love this
> as I only have a poxy 14" monitor that can do a max of 1024x768 and
> opening a nautilus window nearly takes up the full screen, so in G1.4 i
> used to shrink it down and lower the icons percentage and get sawfish to
> remember the window dimensions, alas no more in G2.

It should automatically work - if not a bug report should be filed

> 2. I cannot find any way to alter what appears in the gnome menu, if you
> click 'panel' in some of the old options are there, but as I mentioned
> above most are now gone.

Menu editing has been problematic

At present you can do everything except add new categories via the panel itself via right-clicking on any entry in the menu, ie you can edit entries,remove entries and add new menu items.

As far as I am aware the only way to add new menu categories at present is to edit the file ~/.gnome2/vfolders/applications.vfolder.info

and add a record - the format is fairly simple to understand.

There is a gotcha on legacy 1.4 menu entries, these do not have a Categories= line so dissappear if they are edited.

If this happens find the file in ~/gnome2/vfolders/applications and edit to add the line
Categories=Application;(submenu name as appropriate - check in applications.vfolder.info for correct keyword)


> 3. The applets are not in their own menu any more, unlike G1.4 (this is
> more down to what i like than anything else)
> 

If you right click on a panel you will see the applet menu - more logical you will probably agree if you think about it.
 
> I know, before anyone mentions, if I like Gnome 1.4, then go back to it,
> but I really like gnome2, but without these options its really useless
> _IMO_. the reason that are missing could be down to maybe some options I
> never gave on compiling them, but I have tripple checked the configure
> options and I cannot see any other options to enable there.
> 
> It looks prettier and feels more professional (but still with that cool
> gnome touch!), but I feel that it has lost a lot of its configurable.
> 

any queries feel free to email on redtuxxx yahoo co uk or mike redtux demon co uk


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