Re: RFC GnomeGoal #3

["Murray Cumming" <murrayc murrayc com>]

> Heya,
>
> I've written up on GNOME Goal #3:
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoalsSaveState
>
> Currently, a lot of applications will be using GConf to save state, like
> window sizes, whether or not a window is maximised on startup, etc.
>
> This is against GConf policy, as GConf might be read-only, or locked
> down, but this sort of information should still be saved run-to-run.
>
> I'm awaiting comments on this, before making it official. Vincent
> mentioned that it would be a good idea to get code to save state in a
> library, although there isn't that much code to be shared IMO.

Could someone explain how this is different to session management by
applications, if it is?


Murray Cumming
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