Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 23:38:19 -0400 From: bgruber <lists@bgruber.isa-geek.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gconf-editor "bools" values Message-ID: <40B6B42B.5040008@bgruber.isa-geek.com> In-Reply-To: <1085637045.39525.0.camel@gyros> References: <40B574E6.6090604@bgruber.isa-geek.com> <1085637045.39525.0.camel@gyros>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 00:56, bgruber wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I've been having a problem with gconf-editor. I find that sometimes, >>when I click on the value of a key, the value suddenly becomes "true" (a >>check mark), regardless of what the type of the key is! Weirder still, >>it won't let me change the type of the key; I have to unset it, and then >>go from there. Note that this only happens when selecting a line in the >>right pane by clicking in the "Value" column, and clicking in the Name >>column causes no problem. It's also inconsistent; some values seem to >>change every time, others never. I have come to the conclusion however >>that it has to be the first thing clicked on in the right pane after >>starting gconf-editor; if I hit something else which doesn't change >>first, or select something by clicking in the Name column, I don't have >>any problem at all. >> >>Can anyone else confirm this? I have a hunch this will be one for >>bugzilla, but I figured I'd ask here first. > > > What are some sample keys? I certainly was not able to reproduce this > with the keys I tested. > > Joe again, it's inconsistent. i imagine there is some pattern, but i am missing it at the moment. so far, i have noticed the problem with: /apps/sound-juicer/device /apps/panel/profiles/default/general/applet_id_list so those are 2 different types of values too (the first is a string, the second a list of strings. poking around, i was able to come up with a couple more: /apps/metacity/general/action_double_click_titlebar /apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_sort_order and default_zoom_level that's just from kind of randomly poking at a few. it seems to be true more often than not. again, it will only happen once each time i run gconf-editor, in order to get another one to "bool" i have to quit and restart the program. thanks, brian
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