I tried sending this on the 24th but it didn't seem to get on the archives, so trying agian.
Here at Sun we build our man pages from SGML, and we have invested a lot of time putting together SGML versions of the various GNOME man pages. Because it is a Sun ARC (Architecture Review Council) requirement to have man pages for all programs installed to /bin or /sbin, we have spent a lot of time updating the community man pages so that they are more complete and accurate and also supply man pages for quite a few programs that aren't documented by the community.
Most of the community man pages are in NROFF format. The SGML can be converted to NROFF, but it might be nice if the community moved towards XML Docbook. One advantage of doing this is that it would be easier to include copies of the man pages in the User manual that gets displayed in yelp.
To date, Sun's improved man pages have not made it back into GNOME community CVS because these issues have seemed to big to resolve and there are not enough SGML/manpage experts at Sun who can dedicate their time to this project. I'm wondering if there might be some people out there comfortable with this sort of work who would be willing to work with me to help get these man pages into the community CVS.
Secondly, there is a real need to cleanup the user interface in GDM. Look at all these gdm interface bugs. gdm2 could use a bit of a usability/interface overhaul. Anybody want to help. I'm happy to provide guidance/assistance to any developers who want to get started with gdm2.
57362 - gdm should show what Last refers to. 67647 - cosmetic issue with timed login label 71215 - UI tweaks to face config 78684 - allow option to state users included or excluded on face browser 80230 - transparent parts of shaped windows not honored 86104 - support color gradiants for background. 89421 - add ability to choose different Xserver config in gdmsetup 90052 - allow flexiserver to be selected from greeter 91015 - poor support for fonts in GDM 98470 - need OK button on Graphical Greeter 98473 - improve graphical greeter themes to better support translations 103271 - support multiple xservers 104949 - should be able to set password/photo from same UI. 105156 - format string in preferences 105918 - UI overhaul 111642 - support different themes per server. 112169 - support dynamic background logo images 116815 - doubleclick not working on face browser 117605 - support custom PAM dialogs 117776 - Add better mnemonics. 117778 - Add cancel button 117779 - Resizing annoyances 117780 - Add better window management features to GDM 118193 - Language choice improvements 119099 - Add single click config option for user photos 122518 - support transparent face browser. 126453 - better support for GDM sleep mode. 131952 - more clear "password" entry 143586 - isn't this handled by just creating a default.desktop? 143634 - STRUTS for gdm 155142 - support left-hand usage of gdm 159025 - gdmphotosetup still using old GTK file chooser 161178 - GDM should support locale settings for clock setting. 161346 - HIGify the gdmsetup.desktop tooltip. 163328 - Better help 164023 - GDM needs better STRUTS support. 164785 - path handled poorly in gdmsetup 164786 - separate GUI from backend in gdmsetup 164822 - better font support
Brian
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