xfwm4 tweak plugin, and english messages

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Sun Jan 22 00:29:21 CET 2006


Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>
> Cool!  One odd problem though - I have "prevent_focus_stealing=true" in
> my ~/.config/xfce4/xfwm4/xfwm4rc, and it is indeed working, but the
> "activate focus stealing prevention" checkbox isn't checked in the
> dialog.  Also, the "Opacity during..." options don't seem to work.  I
> have "move_opacity=60", but the slider shows up all the way at "opaque".
> 
> Hmm, actually, it looks like it "works", but it isn't reading the
> current values correctly, since now that I opened the dialog, it has
> reset my move_opacity to 100, and I imagine focus stealing prevention is
> turned off now too.

The MCS plugin always override the xfwm4rc file settings. It doesn't 
read it. It's been like that for all settings actually.

>> It would be great if a native English speaker (brian ? ^_~ ) could give 
>> it an eye and suggest better messages where applicable.
> 
> Here are my recommendations...
> 
> 1.  Overall, is it normal to put periods at the end of checkbox text?
> They are (in this case) sentences, but I don't think we do it elsewhere.
> 2.  "Include hidden...": "i.e." should have periods.
> 3.  "Activate the ALT key...": not sure "activate is the best word here,
> perhaps simply "use".
> 4.  "Remember and recall previous workspace when switching": Is this for
> the keyboard shortcut toggle?  Might want to say that, just append "via
> keyboard shortcuts" to the label text.
> 5.  "Size of windows for smart placement" doesn't really describe what
> it does.  More like... hmm... "Minimum size of windows to trigger smart
> placement", perhaps?
> 6.  "Show shadow" on both compositor options should be plural; "Show
> shadows...".

Thanks! I'll change it according to your suggestions. It's exactly what 
I was looking for :)

>> Also, the xfdesktop plug-in still features the "useless bloat" tab. 
>> Initially, I thought it was a joke but it seems it just stays as it is 
>> for months. I don't think it's a good idea, it sounds a bit geeky and it 
>> doesn't sounds very serious.
> 
> Yeah, I know.  I've intended to change that before 4.4, but I haven't
> yet come up with a good title for it yet.  I hate "Advanced", but I
> can't think of a short title that describes all the items in the tab.

My concern is mostly for translators in this regard...

Thanks!
Olivier.




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