Re: Plans for 2.20

["Sergey Udaltsov" <sergey udaltsov gmail com>]

Rodrigo,

> > Wouldn't it clutter the dialog a bit? Do you see it as new tabs?
> not if we move the layout tabs to a separate dialog.
Well, may be you are right. One tab in, two tabs out seems like a good math;)

> > >         - Move to an 'input methods' capplet?
> > I do not think this is a viable solution. The UI of the capplet would
> > be overloaded and difficult to navigate - of course, if it is done by
> > trivial merging. Do you mean something else?
> yeah, I'm not convinced by this neither, since it would be a cluttered
> capplet.
There is long-term plot to integrate IM into libxklavier but there no
real movement in this direction, so it is early to discuss...

> > >         - Layout tabs in a separate dialog
> > Hehe, at some point it was separate. At some point there was even idea
> > about separate i18n capplet. Could you please describe your vision
> > with some more details?
> a i18n capplet could work, what do you think? Do you remember why it
> wasn't done before?
Well, there were several direct and indirect reasons IIRC:
- Changing the locale in already running environment is virtually
impossible. So it would required logging out/logging in - which is
effectively same as choosing the locale in GDM.
- The draft implementation has unblessed (at least at that point)
dependency on rather large IBM ICU library
- Carlos Perelló Marín who was working on the capplet quietly
disappeared from the GNOME development force...
If you look in SVN, you'll find it in capplets/localization - but the
last actual commit was made 3 years ago.

> > (repopulated on every selection change in the first one). I think it
> > would be easier use - and use less screen space (so more space would
> > be available for the preview).
> yeah, sounds good, could you do a mockup of your ideas please?

I will try - not sure when I'll have time for it though. BTW, when is
g-c-c branching planned for 2.18?

Regards,

Sergey