[sugar] [PATCH] Add an option for choosing the layout in the favorites view.

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 21.06.2008, at 10:25, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org>  
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:27:33PM +0200, Marco Pesenti Gritti wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Tomeu Vizoso  
>>> <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> Is this done in a way such that it can be set by the  
>>>>> customization key
>>>>> process? I can imagine that many groups will prefer the ring to  
>>>>> random
>>>>> and want to make it an installation default.
>>>>
>>>> Not right now, but would be quite easy to add an option to the  
>>>> control
>>>> panel and let customization keys change the stored preference.
>>>
>>> Even if not exposed in the cp UI we should at least have an hidden  
>>> preference.
>>> We have no way right to customize sugar profiles but we should  
>>> have one.
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>> I'm interested by the (implicit) idea that (all?) settings modifiable
>> through the control panel should also be customizable. However, as I
>> pointed out not long ago, some care needs to be taken to restrict the
>> ability of the customization process to violate our security  
>> principles.
>>
>> As a strawman, how about using a convention or technology similar to
>>
>> http://thedjbway.org/daemontools/envdir.html
>>
>> to record the key-value settings that make up the bulk of the
>> 'customizable' features?
>
> I'd rather use GConf which is what all the software we depend on uses
> and understand.


I'd rather not tie Sugar too closely to Gnome. I like Michael's  
strawman.

- Bert -