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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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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=
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> >>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=
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> >>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
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