Re: broken accelerator changes

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:

> Sven Neumann <sven gimp org> writes:
> > 
> > Tim is absolutely right. We will not accept the removal of runtime
> > changeable accels in The GIMP.
> 
> No one is removing them...
> 
> > I'd also vote for changing the default to allow accelerator changes
> > again.
> 
> As I said in my other mail - does anyone find this feature on their
> own or do you have to be told about it via word-of-mouth or
> documentation when you start using the GIMP? If people have to be
> told, just tell them how to turn on the feature at the same time.
> 
> There's plenty of evidence that people who don't know about this
> feature get confused when they find it on their own. You should have
> to learn about it from docs or another person.

Or, by seeing the option in a configuration dialog.

My guess is, _more_ people will find out about the feature if we have
it off by default and in a configuration dialog then if it was just
always on and hidden.

Regards,
                                        Owen