gconf-editor "bools" values

[bgruber]

Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 00:56, bgruber wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've been having a problem with gconf-editor.  I find that sometimes, 
>>when I click on the value of a key, the value suddenly becomes "true" (a 
>>check mark), regardless of what the type of the key is!  Weirder still, 
>>it won't let me change the type of the key; I have to unset it, and then 
>>go from there.  Note that this only happens when selecting a line in the 
>>right pane by clicking in the "Value" column, and clicking in the Name 
>>column causes no problem.  It's also inconsistent; some values seem to 
>>change every time, others never.  I have come to the conclusion however 
>>that it has to be the first thing clicked on in the right pane after 
>>starting gconf-editor; if I hit something else which doesn't change 
>>first, or select something by clicking in the Name column, I don't have 
>>any problem at all.
>>
>>Can anyone else confirm this?  I have a hunch this will be one for 
>>bugzilla, but I figured I'd ask here first.
> 
> 
> What are some sample keys?  I certainly was not able to reproduce this
> with the keys I tested.
> 
> Joe
again, it's inconsistent.  i imagine there is some pattern, but i am 
missing it at the moment.  so far, i have noticed the problem with:

/apps/sound-juicer/device
/apps/panel/profiles/default/general/applet_id_list

so those are 2 different types of values too (the first is a string, the 
second a list of strings.  poking around, i was able to come up with a 
couple more:
/apps/metacity/general/action_double_click_titlebar
/apps/nautilus/icon_view/default_sort_order and default_zoom_level

that's just from kind of randomly poking at a few.  it seems to be true 
more often than not.  again, it will only happen once each time i run 
gconf-editor, in order to get another one to "bool" i have to quit and 
restart the program.

thanks,
brian