-----Message transf�r�----- > From: Mads Villadsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jerome Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: COG and gTweakui > Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:17:23 +0200 > > On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 01:22 +0200, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > Did you already consider to merge your work and effort on COG with > > gTweakui[1]? > > I considered it when I saw the first release of gTweakUI (which was > after I had made several releases of COG), but ultimately the conclusion > was that the two programs have very different purposes. > > COG is meant as a "crack-pipe" type program - ie. not too focused on > the "beginner" users (it's not really fair to call them that, but I hope > you know what I mean. It is mainly a program to edit a lot of hidden > settings from a single place in a (hopefully) simple way. It was never > intended to go into GNOME proper. > > gTweakUI on the other hand seems to be focused on providing nice, small > capplets (like the ones that already come with GNOME) to give the > impressions that these settings are a natural part of GNOME. > > So I doubt that there will be a merger, but cooperation is definitely an > option. > > > Though I still consider COG greater, I would prefer nobody > > wastes any time doing things already done elsewhere. > > Honestly, it doesn't take that much work. GNOME is great that way. Most > of the settings are simply GConf values that get changed, and there is a > very easy to use API for that. > > The most difficult thing I have made is that part for selecting theme > colors, since that involves the .gtkrc-2.0 file, which isn't quite as > nice as GConf. > > Thank you for your interest in COG. -- J�r�me Warnier Consultant BeezNest http://beeznest.net
