Re: how/where to find Gnome Preferences Tool?

ken via gnome-list <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Apr 2021 11:52:30 -0400
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Carl,

Using preferences (Settings is what I think we're talking about) and 
gnome-tweaks is not at all difficult-- well, finding what needs to be 
changed is the most difficult, and knowing the correct terminology to 
run a search.  But I've used both of those apps to make a lot of changes 
already.

What's much more difficult is making changes in gnome (or are they in 
Wayland?) which are no longer configurable using Settings or gnome 
tweaks... or perhaps not configurable at all in gnome.

On 4/4/21 3:19 PM, Carl-Valentin Schmitt via gnome-list wrote:
> Hello Ken,
>
> for how to use preferences in Gnome or how to use gnome-tweaks, you 
> could explore forums
> like
> ubuntu.com <http://ubuntu.com> or askubuntu.com <http://askubuntu.com>
>
> There are minimum differences, when you use Gnome in different distros.
>
> This way gnome-tweaks works.
> You only need to know the version
> for searching in forums.
>
>
>
> rpr // via gnome-list <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> schrieb am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 20:15:
>
>     Ken, that Desktop User Guide is very old (see the last modified times
>     of files in https://people.gnome.org/~bmsmith/
>     <https://people.gnome.org/~bmsmith/>) and it does not refer
>     to GNOME 3 desktop environment used in Fedora 33.
>
>     -- rpr.
>
>     On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 18:23, ken <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Looking at and following the Desktop User Guide, I was trying to
>     create a new theme (and do a few other things explained there).  I
>     already have and have been using the tweak tool quite a bit, but
>     what is explained in that userguide does not correspond at all to
>     the what's in the tweak tool... iow, it doesn't seem to be the
>     same app, the Preference Tool, mentioned in the userguide.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 4/4/21 6:44 AM, Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote:
>     >
>     > I think Ken means the package
>     >
>     > gnome-tweak-tool
>     >
>     > You need to install this package
>     > before you can adjust Gnome.
>     >
>     > Greetz. Val.
>     >
>     > ken <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> schrieb
>     am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 11:20:
>     >>
>     >> Though I've seen the Preferences Tool mentioned in several
>     gnome docs
>     >> (including the userguide.pdf), I haven't been able to find it on my
>     >> system (Fedora 33) or in the repos so I can download and
>     install it.
>     >> Does it still exist...? or is it perhaps included in a package
>     by some
>     >> other name?
>     >>
>     >> tia.
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    <p>Carl,</p>
    <p>Using preferences (Settings is what I think we're talking about)
      and gnome-tweaks is not at all difficult-- well, finding what
      needs to be changed is the most difficult, and knowing the correct
      terminology to run a search.  But I've used both of those apps to
      make a lot of changes already.  <br>
    </p>
    <p>What's much more difficult is making changes in gnome (or are
      they in Wayland?) which are no longer configurable using Settings
      or gnome tweaks... or perhaps not configurable at all in gnome.</p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/4/21 3:19 PM, Carl-Valentin
      Schmitt via gnome-list wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CADSQJP7Mjv7jjgrkNbZR7nvFu1-USNqJ7R86QhVL7sLwh7iD3w@mail.gmail.com">
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      <div dir="auto">Hello Ken,
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">for how to use preferences in Gnome or how to
          use gnome-tweaks, you could explore forums</div>
        <div dir="auto">like</div>
        <div dir="auto"><a href="http://ubuntu.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">ubuntu.com</a> or <a
            href="http://askubuntu.com" moz-do-not-send="true">askubuntu.com</a></div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">There are minimum differences, when you use
          Gnome in different distros.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto">This way gnome-tweaks works.</div>
        <div dir="auto">You only need to know the version</div>
        <div dir="auto">for searching in forums.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">rpr // via gnome-list &lt;<a
            href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt;
          schrieb am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 20:15:<br>
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        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Ken, that
          Desktop User Guide is very old (see the last modified times<br>
          of files in <a href="https://people.gnome.org/~bmsmith/"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://people.gnome.org/~bmsmith/</a>)
          and it does not refer<br>
          to GNOME 3 desktop environment used in Fedora 33.<br>
          <br>
          -- rpr.<br>
          <br>
          On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 18:23, ken &lt;<a
            href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"
            rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt;
          wrote:<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; Looking at and following the Desktop User Guide, I was
          trying to create a new theme (and do a few other things
          explained there).  I already have and have been using the
          tweak tool quite a bit, but what is explained in that
          userguide does not correspond at all to the what's in the
          tweak tool... iow, it doesn't seem to be the same app, the
          Preference Tool, mentioned in the userguide.<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; On 4/4/21 6:44 AM, Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote:<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; I think Ken means the package<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; gnome-tweak-tool<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; You need to install this package<br>
          &gt; before you can adjust Gnome.<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; Greetz. Val.<br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; ken &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>&gt;
          schrieb am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 11:20:<br>
          &gt;&gt;<br>
          &gt;&gt; Though I've seen the Preferences Tool mentioned in
          several gnome docs<br>
          &gt;&gt; (including the userguide.pdf), I haven't been able to
          find it on my<br>
          &gt;&gt; system (Fedora 33) or in the repos so I can download
          and install it.<br>
          &gt;&gt; Does it still exist...? or is it perhaps included in
          a package by some<br>
          &gt;&gt; other name?<br>
          &gt;&gt;<br>
          &gt;&gt; tia.<br>
          &gt;&gt; _______________________________________________<br>
          &gt;&gt; gnome-list mailing list<br>
          &gt;&gt; <a href="mailto:[email protected]"
            target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><br>
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            href="https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list"
            rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list</a><br>
          &gt;<br>
          &gt; _______________________________________________<br>
          &gt; gnome-list mailing list<br>
          &gt; <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank"
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