ANNOUNCE: xffm-4.3.3 released

Myles Green rmg57 at telus.net
Mon Aug 15 22:50:40 CEST 2005


On Mon, 2005-15-08 at 11:33 -0500, Edscott Wilson Garcia wrote:
> El lun, 15-08-2005 a las 10:11 -0600, Myles Green escribió:
> 
> > 
> > Yes, I understand that part but what about variables that don't show up
> > in that list, how do I add them there? I tried clicking once on a
> > variable and then using the arrow keys to move up and down the list
> > (there are only 6 visible whereas the config file
> > ~/.config/xfce4/mcs_settings/xffm.xml now lists 14 including the 3 that
> > I added by hand) to see if there was someplace to add a new variable but
> > couldn't see any. The variables I wanted to set were not listed in the
> > GUI (and still aren't even though I added them to the config file). 
> 
> Ah, that would be a bug. Seems that the scroll bar got lost somewhere
> along the development line. I've got a tall (as opposed to wide) monitor
> so I never noticed. If you resize the window you should be able to work
> around the problem until it's fixed. 

OK, so I'm not going crazy then (well, maybe I am but at least I'm not
imagining this problem ;-).
 
> > I mean, don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, I'm alright with editing
> > config files by hand, it's just that someone who's new to Xfce might not
> > be aware of where to look. FWIW, I'm using Xfce version 4.3.x from SVN
> > and Xffm-4.3.3 also via SVN.
> 
> You should *not* have to edit the config files by hand. Developers many
> times miss flaws in their programs because they just have never noticed
> the problem. Your feed back can only help to improve the program.

That's my intent, to help in improving the end product.

> BTW, complaints do not annoy me at all. If they are reasonable and point
> out a defect in the software, as your comments are, they will be fixed
> very soon. 

Thanks Edscott.

Best,
Myles

-- 
Robert M. Green :: Calgary AB Canada
Debian GNU/Linux Unstable "Sid"
"Linux *is* user-friendly, it's just 
picky about who it's friends are!"
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