The dialog in gedit 3.6 was the one coming from the 2.X days. gedit 3.8 uses gtkapplication API: it inhibits log out if there are unsaved file, but it does not use a custom dialog anymore.
Paolo On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Maciej Piechotka <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed that gedit in GNOME 3.6 prevents the log out (shut down > etc.) if it has unsaved data. While it is useful behaviour: > > - It is not done by any other Gnome application I know > - The dialog shown by gedit is unhelpful as to choose an option one > needs to cancel the logout, click any option (they don't seem to do > anything after cancellation) and then close gedit (choosing to save or > to discard changed etc.) > > I've checked the Gnome HID and it does not mention anything about log > out (it looked a bit out of data as even unstable version mentioned > gconf). Is there any standard regarding it and if not should we have one > (disclaimer: I'm not a designer)? I guess there are several options: > > - Log out should terminate all application regardless of state. The > application themselves should autosave changes (this may be problematic > for destructive changes such as photo editing). > - Log out should terminate all application regardless of state. The > application themselves should autosave changes but not to original file > (allowing to undo changes later) > - Incorporate buttons into logout dialog. ("Do you want to cancel > download of GNOME-x.y.z.iso?") > - Consider it non-issue > - Something else? > > Best regards > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
