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Bug 130548 - [UI-REVIEW] Make "Snap Columns to Power of Two" behavior the default
[UI-REVIEW] Make "Snap Columns to Power of Two" behavior the default
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gucharmap
Classification: Core
Component: general
1.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Noah Levitt
Noah Levitt
Depends on:
Blocks: 130495
 
 
Reported: 2004-01-05 07:57 UTC by Lars Weber
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.3/2.4


Description Lars Weber 2004-01-05 07:57:02 UTC 
[ Creating a new bug as suggested in bug #107965; the following is copied
from there. ]

Just wondered whether it wouldn't be better to just make gucharmap
*always* display rows with the number of characters inside a power of two.

Pros:
  o One potentially confusing menu item less.
  o Problem of original bug-report fixed for everyone without the need
for a special setting.
  o Easier to find characters after resizing the window (since
characters do not change position so much).

Cons:
  o Number of characters displayed less optimized than it could be.

I personally don't consider the negative aspect to be so serious...
other people may disagree however :)
Comment 1 Noah Levitt 2004-01-05 21:32:34 UTC 
In the near future the characters in the character table won't
necessarily be structured as they are now, and the powers of two will
be almost meaningless.

In addition, the non-power-of-two snapping is one of my favorite
things about gucharmap. :-)

Take a look again once I commit the coming changes, and if you still
feel the same way you can reopen the bug.