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Bug 346433 - Preferences Not Taking Effect
Preferences Not Taking Effect
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: General
1.6.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-07-03 03:09 UTC by Dan Fego
Modified: 2006-07-05 02:03 UTC
See Also:
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Description Dan Fego 2006-07-03 03:09:35 UTC
Please describe the problem:
When changing preferences using the Preferences menu, I can enter preferences, but some of them won't take effect.  I know that "Autocomplete" works, but the default font and dpi settings don't.  I took a look at the .gnumericrc file, and the settings are in there.  They're just not getting picked up by the program.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Open gnumeric and go to File -> Preferences.
2. Change a setting like font size or dpi.
3. Restart the program, and the settings haven't taken effect.


Actual results:
The settings don't change.

Expected results:
The font size would be different when I re-enter the program.  Even in the menu that I changed the setting, it hasn't taken effect.

Does this happen every time?
Yes.

Other information:
I've found a fix, actually.  It seems that the font size is being saved in .gnumericrc as "core/defaultfont/size," whereas, based on some other settings I've put in, it should be "gnumeric/core/defaultfont/size."  After making this change, it works.  The solution is seemingly in how the settings are being saved to the file.
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2006-07-03 21:36:26 UTC
Just for the reocrd. THis works fine foir me with 1.6.0 under GNU/Linux
Comment 2 Andreas J. Guelzow 2006-07-04 22:21:50 UTC
Which operating system are you using and are you running gnome? Gnumeric usually uses gconf to store these preferences!
Comment 3 Dan Fego 2006-07-05 00:35:41 UTC
I did this using Xubuntu, and no, I wasn't using GNOME.
Comment 4 Andreas J. Guelzow 2006-07-05 01:27:57 UTC
hmm, so you are using the --without-gnome configuration. Strangely enough the paths ought to be the same.
Comment 5 Andreas J. Guelzow 2006-07-05 02:03:23 UTC
Yes: a typo in the function writing floating point values into the preference file. Fixed in cvs HEAD. The fix will be in the next major release of Gnumeric.