Perhaps this would make a decent ghop task. Can someone mentor this?

Natan

On Jan 7, 2008 9:56 PM, Don Scorgie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 08:28 +0000, Matthew East wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Dec 22, 2007 11:56 AM, Phil Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > Myself and another member of the Ubuntu Doc Team have recently been
> > > working on some documentation for deskbar-applet. We've included a
> small
> > > section on changing the maximum number of items which are displayed in
> > > the deskbar history list, which requires the user to change a GConf
> key
> > > using gconf-editor. There is no other way of changing this setting at
> > > the moment.
> > >
> > > Is it reasonable to document this setting, or should references to
> GConf
> > > be avoided?
> >
> > This is just my personal opinion, but I think that a desktop user
> > should never have to touch GConf - as far as I know it's not intended
> > to be an advanced configuration application.
>
> I think this is the generally accepted rule.
>
> >
> > If the only way to change the max number of items displayed in deskbar
> > is to go into GConf, I'd tend to say that deskbar is simply missing a
> > feature to change this aspect of its configuration, and avoid
> > documenting it.
>
> If you think the ability to change the number of items displayed is
> important to users, I would file a bug against deskbar applet asking for
> a configuration option.  Otherwise, maybe adding a small part like:
> "You can change the maximum number of displayed items by changing the
> gconf key
> /apps/.../...
> "
> which is what other manuals do.  It's not the ideal solution, but it's
> something.
>
> Maybe something more to add to the style guide (Shaun).
>
> Thanks
> Don
>
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