History (Was: Xfce Foundation status)

[Chris G]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 01:15:58PM +0200, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> >>                The former is now elegantly performed via DnD from the
> >> App finder, while the latter has been very nicely implemented. This
> >> but also various other improvements to robustness, feel and software
> >> choice mean that I can now boldly install Linux with Xfce on my
> >> mother's computers in her office and on my gilfriend's laptop and have
> >> them peacefully use it.
> >>
> > While I agree that for some (many, most) people the current default
> > setup is probably right it's a pity that the 'automatic configuration'
> > cannot be turned off somehow enabling one to do things as before.
> >
> I am not sure I follow. Icons can be turned off in Settings > Desktop
> > Icons.

It's not quite that easy because of the 'Desktop' and other
configuration in .config/user-dirs.dirs, while one can turn off the
icons there's still a lot expecting a 'Desktop' directory of some sort
and which will plonk icons on it whether you like it or not.


As for the 'automatic configuration' of panel launchers (at
> least I'm talking about these), you are always free to manually enter
> 'name', 'description', 'command' and associated 'icon'. If you mean
> the Xfce Menu, it's a limitation of the current 4.6 series and as far
> as I know it will be editable again in 4.8.
> 
Yes, I'm looking forward to the improved configurability in 4.8.

-- 
Chris Green