GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 351086
updates needed for Sessions Preferences
Last modified: 2009-02-12 04:13:40 UTC
Documentation Section: Configuring Startup Applications "If you specify more than one startup application, use the Priority spin box to specify the startup order of the each application. The startup order is the order in which you want the startup applications to start." Correct version: This does not apply anymore, since the mentioned Priority spin box that used to live on the "Startup Programs" tab is not there anymore. If the spin box is not there, the mentioned paragraph should be removed. Other information: There is also a minor issue under the "Setting Session Properties" section. The help file explains the meaning of the "Order" and "Style" columns, but there is no mention to what the "State" column means. Some short explanation about "State" would be helpful.
Can I get details from a developer about the State column please?
Here's the relevant part in the code: GnomeUIInfo state_data[] = { GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Inactive"), N_("Waiting to start or already finished."), NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_BLANK), GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Starting"), N_("Started but has not yet reported state."), NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_TIMER), GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Running"), N_("A normal member of the session."), NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_EXEC), GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Saving"), N_("Saving session details."), NULL, GNOME_STOCK_MENU_SAVE), GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_STOCK(N_("Unknown"), N_("State not reported within timeout."), NULL, GNOME_STOCK_PIXMAP_HELP), GNOMEUIINFO_END }; Second string is an explanation of the state and the fourth field is the icon used. Most apps are in the "running" state (with the exec icon). Do you need more details?
When modifying the documentation, please consider adding pictures of the icons used in the State column (and in the Style column). The icons in 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu2 are not intuitively obvious, even with the help of the GNOME_STOCK_* constants above. Meanwhile, because this has been a long time unfixed, perhaps we could have a quick-and-dirty unofficial help page somewhere as a workaround ... ?
2.23 is a bit different too -- but the issues raised here are not valid anymore.
the session preferences docs are updated in the patch in bug 502018 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 502018 ***