Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:28:47 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: bgruber <lists@bgruber.isa-geek.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gconf-editor "bools" values Message-ID: <1085884127.89788.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <40B6B42B.5040008@bgruber.isa-geek.com> References: <40B574E6.6090604@bgruber.isa-geek.com> <40B6B42B.5040008@bgruber.isa-geek.com>
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--=-/sJc6WPYWEb0BWiJ+Hzz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 23:38, bgruber wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 00:56, bgruber wrote: > >=20 > >>Hi, > >> > >>I've been having a problem with gconf-editor. I find that sometimes,=20 > >>when I click on the value of a key, the value suddenly becomes "true" (= a=20 > >>check mark), regardless of what the type of the key is! Weirder still,= =20 > >>it won't let me change the type of the key; I have to unset it, and the= n=20 > >>go from there. Note that this only happens when selecting a line in th= e=20 > >>right pane by clicking in the "Value" column, and clicking in the Name=20 > >>column causes no problem. It's also inconsistent; some values seem to=20 > >>change every time, others never. I have come to the conclusion however= =20 > >>that it has to be the first thing clicked on in the right pane after=20 > >>starting gconf-editor; if I hit something else which doesn't change=20 > >>first, or select something by clicking in the Name column, I don't have= =20 > >>any problem at all. > >> > >>Can anyone else confirm this? I have a hunch this will be one for=20 > >>bugzilla, but I figured I'd ask here first. > >=20 > >=20 > > What are some sample keys? I certainly was not able to reproduce this > > with the keys I tested. > >=20 > > Joe > again, it's inconsistent. i imagine there is some pattern, but i am=20 > missing it at the moment. so far, i have noticed the problem with: >=20 > /apps/sound-juicer/device > /apps/panel/profiles/default/general/applet_id_list >=20 > so those are 2 different types of values too (the first is a string, the=20 > second a list of strings. poking around, i was able to come up with a=20 > couple more: > /apps/metacity/general/action_double_click_titlebar > /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_sort_order and default_zoom_level >=20 > that's just from kind of randomly poking at a few. it seems to be true=20 > more often than not. again, it will only happen once each time i run=20 > gconf-editor, in order to get another one to "bool" i have to quit and=20 > restart the program. I can reproduce this with applet_id_list. I would file a bug in GNOME's Bugzilla if you can't find an existing one. Thanks. Joe >=20 > thanks, > brian --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-/sJc6WPYWEb0BWiJ+Hzz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAuUbfb2iPiv4Uz4cRAg4dAJ4x7Ri6rOJLM3S7pva1Ua4vdcvFkgCgn4cu /XF1Y8PWEhGrajOC2S1s6aA= =E7mp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-/sJc6WPYWEb0BWiJ+Hzz--
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