Re: Nautilus is not listening to draw_background key changes

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 18:10, Narayana Pattipati wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I change value of the key /desktop/gnome/background/draw_background
> nautilus is not listening to the changes. Background is still drawn even
> if the key is changed to FALSE. 
> 
> Is this done intentionally in nautilus code ?
> 
> However, if I disable nautilus from drawing desktop (by setting the key
> /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop to FALSE), g-s-d is listening to
> the key changes and back ground is shown/not shown based on the value.
> Of course, I need to logout and login back (to restart g-s-d) every time
> to see the change.
> 
> Should not nautilus listen to the key ? Is it a bug with nautilus ?

What do you expect nautilus to do when its not set? Nautilus puts a
window over the root window, so it has to draw something on it.

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