The Great Prefs Revamp

[Sean Burke]

    Alright, I've basically completed my reorganization of the
preferences. So that there's no confusion, I'm going to provide a
complete list of what I've removed and one new preference that I've
added. I've also renamed and moved around a lot of preferences. The new
names should be a good deal more intuitive and better-organized. The
changes will, however, mean that most preferences will need to be set
again. I feel that the benefits of being able to understand both the
gconf entries and the code more easily greatly outweigh the negatives of
breaking preferences that have never been in a release.

Without further ado, the additions and removals:
* Though it was only in the header, keep_obsolete is gone
* All remaining PO header prefs are gone, save for take_my_options which
I've renamed to use_profile_values
* I've removed show_tm_options; this didn't really change any behavior,
just set a menu insensitive
* I added sort_order for the message list, allowing persistent sort order

    I would LIKE to remove unmark_fuzzy, as I think the behavior is just
about universal enough that the pref is unnecessary. Thoughts? If
there's a strong enough objection to its removal, I'll leave it.
Additionally, I've filed a bug at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551555 about the
delete_compiled preference being unimplemented. I think we either need
to remove this or someone needs to implement it before we release. It
seems useful, so I'd prefer it be implemented.

    I'm also removing some of the code in the prefs-manager. The gconf
internals are dirty and not really necessary. The consensus in
#gnome-hackers was that the only need for those functions would be
improper installation, something which it probably isn't worthwhile
working around in the code itself. This should be handled automatically
by gconf with proper schemas. These needed to be created anyhow, so I've
done so.

    I won't commit my changes until either the git changes are merged
into subversion or before I get on the plane tomorrow, whichever is
soonest. I'd like feedback on unmark_fuzzy and if you have any other
comments, please let me know quickly.


Seán de Búrca
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[Pablo Sanxiao]

Hi,

> * I've removed show_tm_options; this didn't really change any behavior, just
> set a menu insensitive
This is totally neccesary. Please don't remove it.

>
>   I won't commit my changes until either the git changes are merged into
> subversion or before I get on the plane tomorrow, whichever is soonest. I'd
> like feedback on unmark_fuzzy and if you have any other comments, please let
> me know quickly.
>
Could you upload the patch to bugzilla before commiting it?

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[Sean Burke]

Pablo,
> This is totally neccesary. Please don't remove it.
>  
Why do you think it's necessary? As I said, I really don't see a
behavioral change here. If the person doesn't want to use the menu they
don't click it. We don't provide options to hide other menus. I don't
see myself using the Go menu. Should we provide an option to make this
insensitive?
> Could you upload the patch to bugzilla before commiting it?
>  
I'll try to do so today. I should add in the code to use the system font
by default before I do so.


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[Pablo Sanxiao]

> Why do you think it's necessary? As I said, I really don't see a behavioral
> change here. If the person doesn't want to use the menu they don't click it.
> We don't provide options to hide other menus. I don't see myself using the
> Go menu. Should we provide an option to make this insensitive?

This is not only making insensitive the menu. This is the gconf entry
for the toggle
button in the preferences dialog -> translation memory ->
show tm options in translated messages.

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[Sean Burke]

Scríobh Pablo Sanxiao:
> This is not only making insensitive the menu. This is the gconf entry
> for the toggle
> button in the preferences dialog -> translation memory ->
> show tm options in translated messages.
>  
I know, but its actual functionality is only for making the menu
insensitive. It's my intention to remove the checkbox in the prefs
dialog as well when I clean that up.


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