Re: Getting the info

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 10:21 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote:
> --- Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 21:30 +0100, Joachim Noreiko
> > wrote:
> > > Recent bug report mentions in passing:
> > > 
> > > This search was performed because there was no
> > help
> > > text for the "Editable menu accelerators" checkbox
> > in
> > > the "Menu and Toolbar Preferences" config dialog
> > > 
> > > How on earth is a docs writer supposed to
> > > a) notice thie presence of a new feature such as
> > this
> > 
> > Actually, it's a very old feature.
> 
> I don't want to fire up my linux box just to check,
> but I'm sure I've not seen it before... but I could be
> wrong :)

Hum, the user-visible check box might be new.  The
feature has been around since the stone age.  It may
have been buried in GConf before.

> > Professional tech writing firms and departments
> > always
> > have technical reviewers (and good copy editors,
> > another
> > thing we lack).
> > 
> > Here's a reasonable process:
> > 
> > 1) Start with the existing documentation.
> > 2) Get a list of user-affecting changes and
> > additions
> >    from the development team.
> 
> >From who?
> IRC channels are tumbleweed.
> I could join yet another mailing list, but in this
> particular case, I'm pretty sure it's the one for
> gnome control center that's as silent as the grave.

Well, that's part of the reason I haven't been able
to get a process like this implemented.  I don't know.
I'm open to suggestions on how to get developers more
actively involved with the documentation.

> On the chance someone here knows:
> 
> * how do you remove a shortcut?

Backspace.

> * what happens with you change a shortcut like Paste
> that should be cross-system -- do all apps change?

Nope.  It only applies to that window.  And I can't
even seem to get the new shortcut to "stick" when I
close and re-open the window.  I swear it used to
work correctly.

--
Shaun