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Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14
From: |
Jan Djärv |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14 |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:32:09 +0100 |
I'm saying that that function even if called would be a noop. A solution is in
the works. I don't understand the urgency.
Jan D.
16 nov 2010 kl. 16:24 skrev Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>:
>> We don't use Gtk+ tool bar functions to display the text because they are
>> too limited. Not showing text is not that hard anyway.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say. To get back to my
> argument: since both-horiz is the default, we should be careful to make
> it work well enough, similarly to other Gtk apps, by only showing some
> of the labels but not all.
> Whether that is done by using gtk_tool_item_[gs]et_is_important (and/or
> Gtk's toolbar functions to display the text) is rather secondary.
> Of course, as a general rule, if we can reuse other people's code, it's
> better, but indeed it's not always convenient.
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
>> Andrew W. Nosenko skrev 2010-11-16 00.45:
>>> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 22:39, Stefan Monnier<address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>> ** GTK tool bars can have just text, just images or images and text.
>>>>>> Customize `tool-bar-style' to choose style. On a Gnome desktop, the
>>>>>> default is taken from the desktop settings.
>>>>>> BTW, I couldn't figure out how to customize it in Gnome. I do remember
>>>>>> seeing such an option somewhere (maybe in gnome-appearance-properties)
>>>>>> at some point in the past, but I can't seem to find it any more.
>>>>> There used to be an Interface tab in Appearance but it has been removed by
>>>>> the Gnome people. I guess that is logical, as they seem to move
>>>>> towards a customization-free desktop. They decided that both-horiz (icon
>>>>> followed by text) is what everybody should have.
>>>>> Now you have to edit gconf directly either with gconf-editor or with
>>>>
>>>>> % gconftool-2 --set --type string /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style
>>>>> both
>>>>
>>>>> Other values are both-horiz, text or icons.
>>>>
>>>> I think we should mention it in our documentation. And I also think
>>>> there's something more going on: when I try gedit with various settings
>>>> of /desktop/gnome/interface/toolbar_style, it's clear that in both-horiz
>>>> setting, only some of the buttons get their text, whereas with Emacs
>>>> they all do.
>>>> That means that both-horiz is quite bearable with gedit but not
>>>> with Emacs. And since both-horiz is the default, I think we need to
>>>> figure out how to do the same as gedit does (i.e. specify which toolbar
>>>> buttons need to have the text displayed in both-horiz and which don't).
>>>
>>> http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkToolItem.html
>>> gtk_tool_item_set_is_important()
>>> gtk_tool_item_get_is_important()
>>> "is-important" property
>>>
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, (continued)
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/21
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Jan Djärv, 2010/11/21
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/15
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Andrew W. Nosenko, 2010/11/15
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Jan Djärv, 2010/11/16
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14,
Jan Djärv <=
- Re: Emacs tool bar on Fedora14, Stefan Monnier, 2010/11/16