Upgrade broke display

[Jasper Huijsmans]

This was changed quite a long time ago, probably because Olivier liked the
new style better :-). I don't think there is much in the docs on this. Maybe
there should have been...
If you build from standard src.rpm the docs are in
/usr/share/xfce/help/help.html, I think. The big (i) icon on the right side
of the panel is supposed to start a browser with this file. If it doesn't,
try typing this in an xterm:

$ BROWSER=dillo xfhelp

replace dillo with your favorite browser. You can also read the docs online
on www.xfce.org.

I think BTW that Joe made RPMS with --enable-old-style for i386. Check the
mail archive.

Maybe the old style behaviour should be a runtime option instead of a
compilation option in xfce 4.

Greetings,
         Jasper


At 03:16 PM 4/19/02, you wrote:
>On 19 Apr 2002, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
>
> > For colored buttons and other old-fashioned goodies you you have to add
> > the --enable-old-style switch to configure. You can change this in the
> > spec file.
>
>Jasper,
>
>   Without docs it's like driving at night across the high desert. So, I'll
>tweak the spec file, rebuild the packages, uninstall the present
>installation and re-install the corrected one. OK. Wonder why the buttons
>were changed to having all the same color, why the window title bar lost the
>rounded ends, and why the colored boxes on the pallette setup dialog don't
>do what they used to do.
>
>   I'm sure all these were done for very good reasons, but they sure broke a
>perfectly working installation here and are consuming a lot of time to fix.
>Sigh.
>
> > You probably have to set the backdrop from the root menu
> > (Settings->backdrop).
>
>   OK. I'll give that a try.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich
>
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