Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gedit
[a BIG screenShot is attached also. Sorry? :( ]
>From help [extract]
Colors ...
Select the Use default theme colors option to use the default theme
colors in the gedit text window.
Click on the Normal text color color button to display the color
selector dialog. Select a color to use to display normal text in the
gedit text window.
Click on the Background color color button to display the color selector
dialog. Select a background color for the gedit text window.
Click on the Selected text color color button to display the color
selector dialog. Select a color to use to display selected text.
Click on the Selection color color button to display the color selector
dialog. Select a background color to use to highlight a text selection.
There's no such option(s) to select; four schemes are displayed :
Classic, Kate, Oblivion, Tango
uname -a
Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 26 00:13:11 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release: 8.04
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apt-cache policy gedit
gedit:
Installed: 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 2.22.3-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.22.1-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
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~$ apt-cache show gedit
Package: gedit
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 2688
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <[email protected]>
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
Replaces: gedit-common (<< 2.16.2-3)
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Expected to set colors for text and background.
Given a form of four (4) color schemes to chose from -- hardly an option and
does not match the how-to described in
the help files.
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ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 17 11:24:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: gedit 2.22.3-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gedit
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686
** Affects: gedit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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Cannot set colors for text, background -- help is wrong
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344453
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