Re: [orca-list] Using gconf-editor

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Christian:

gconf-editor has some issues.  :-(

  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353446
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342420

Will

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 08:19 +0200, Christian Gerhardt wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I get the impression, my gnome desktop doesn't contain the top and bottom
> panels and there are no icons on the desktop. I had a look at
> /home/someone/Desktop and there is nothing to find. After adding an icon to
> the desktop using shift+f10 and looking into this directory, I see the
> corresponding file, which holds the data for that icon called *.desktop
>
> I read something about the gconf-editor and started it using alt+f2. After
> some minuts of playing I found out how to use the tree view, or better, I
> found out how to to perform _some_ actions. Orca isn't very responsive
> inside the tree view and I don't know how to actually use the gconf-editor
> to add the top and bottom panel to my desktop for instance. Did someone of
> you already use the gconf-editor and if so would you please tell me, how to
> add let's say the top panel? Another point of interest for me is, how to
> determine, if the panels are actually vanished. How do I change focus from
> the desktop to one of the panels?
>
> Is the lack of responsiveness concerning gconf-editor a known issue and if
> so, is already clear what causes the responsiveness problems? What can I do
> to get rid of it?
> Maybe it is easier to answer these questions, if I tell you, that I did a
> 'normal' install of Edgy. No actions where made to change the default
> settings at least not on purpose :-)
>
> Regards,
> /Christian
>
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