Re: Proposed module: mousetweaks

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

At 2:19 PM -0600 12/21/07, Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 04:52 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> >  Homepage: https://launchpad.net/mousetweaks
> >  svn/git/bzr/...: 
> > http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~lowfi/mousetweaks/trunk/files
> >  Proposal on d-d-l: 
> > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2007-September/msg00489.html
> >
> >  Short description:
> >  ==================
> >  MouseTweaks is a set of special accessibility enhancements to
> >  controlling the mouse cursor. It provides:
> >    * a pointer capture area
> >    * a way to open the contextual menu with a left click and hold
> >    * a way to perform the various clicks (single -, double -, drag -,
> >      right click) by software without any hardware button, usually called
> >      dwelling.
> >  Particularly, this would fill the current accessibility gap in GNOME for
> >  users who can move the pointer, but are not able click with any hardware
> >  button.
>
> <disclaimer>
> This is an analysis of the documentation, made on behalf of the
> Gnome Documentation Team.  It does not necessarily reflect my
> personal opinion of the module or its suitability for inclusion
> in Gnome.  In many cases, I have not made extension use of the
> applications or libraries provided.  Further insufficiencies in
> the documentation may become more apparent with more use.
> </disclaimer>
>
> MouseTweaks currently has a user manual, and it appears to be
> reasonably complete.  The fact that it's not in Gnome SVN means
> that it will be difficult for the Gnome Documentation Team to
> assist with documentation, and that our translators will not
> be able to translate the document.
>
> My understanding is that the community wanted the MouseTweaks
> settings to be integrated into our Accessibility preferences,
> but that this has not happened.  If this were to happen (and,
> perhaps, even if not), then MouseTweaks should be documented
> in the Accessiblity Guide and/or the User Guide.

As we are working with the people of gnome control center to turn
the mousetweaks preferences (gui to enable and configure 2 of
the 3 features) into the accessibility tab of the Mouse capplet,
I enhanced the file
/usr/share/gnome/help/control-center/C/config-mouse.xml
with some documentation about the features provided by mousetweaks.

Please have a look at comments 14, 15, 16 and 19 of the following
thread:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503547

Based on what I explained in comment 19 of the preceding thread,
should I add the documentation about the features provided by
mousetweaks to goscustdesk.xml?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

Francesco