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Bug 424800 - normalize theme names for conflict
normalize theme names for conflict
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] Appearance
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 423036
 
 
Reported: 2007-03-31 09:47 UTC by Denis Jacquerye
Modified: 2011-03-17 15:08 UTC
See Also:
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Description Denis Jacquerye 2007-03-31 09:47:43 UTC 
When saving themes, the names should be normalized, probably NFC.
Even if they aren't, the need to be normalized when comparison is done for name conflict checking.
For example: I can save a them as "écho" while typing with one keyboard layout, and save a second one as "écho" while typing with another. Yet both names are the "same".

See bug 423036 for details.
Comment 1 Thomas Wood 2007-03-31 23:30:35 UTC 
Actually, there is no problem with saving two themes with identical names, since the name is kept in the index.theme file.
Comment 2 Denis Jacquerye 2007-04-01 06:54:18 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Actually, there is no problem with saving two themes with identical names,
> since the name is kept in the index.theme file.
> 

Sorry, I didn't notice this feature.
Shouldn't the theme-manager warn for name conflict?
Right now I can save a theme with the name of an existing one, thus loosing the previous one.

With system wide themes, the preview thumbnail doesn't change.

Is there a bug opened about not being able to remove self-made themes from the theme-manager?
Comment 3 Thomas Wood 2008-01-13 17:50:07 UTC 
I believe it is possible to remove saved themes from the appearance capplet (there is a Delete button).

What would you suggest as an indicator to show which themes are system installed?
Comment 4 Thomas Wood 2008-04-11 16:29:33 UTC 
gnome-theme-manager has been superseded by gnome-appearance-properties.
Comment 5 Alexandre Franke 2009-08-05 12:54:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> gnome-theme-manager has been superseded by gnome-appearance-properties.
> 

Shouldn't this bug then be marked as OBSOLETE?
Comment 6 Bastien Nocera 2011-03-17 15:08:21 UTC 
gnome-appearance-properties does not exist in GNOME 3 any more, and those bugs are thus obsolete.

Theme tweaking feature requests should go to gnome-tweak-tool (in GNOME Bugzilla).