Re: [Nautilus-list] FYI: Why colors in the property browser do not display correctly

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On 2/3/02 12:46 PM, "David Emory Watson" <dwatson cs ucr edu> wrote:

> The colors used to be stored in the format RRRR/GGGG/BBBB where RRRR was
> in hex.  However, now that gdk_color_parse calls pango_color_parse
> (confusing isn't it?) the colors should be stored as RRGGBB.
> Unfortunately, since browser.xml is not updated when nautilus2 is
> installed, the old color format messes things up.  By deleting
> browser.xml you will cause nautilus to recreate that file.

The real fix to this is probably going to have to be making a color parse
function that supports the old format for compatibility. It might be useful
to file a bug report to remind us of this.

    -- Darin