gconf-editor "bools" values

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 23:38, bgruber wrote:
> 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.

I can reproduce this with applet_id_list.  I would file a bug in GNOME's
Bugzilla if you can't find an existing one.  Thanks.

Joe

> 
> thanks,
> brian
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