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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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============8433603156973049394== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------1E18F28F53BABD7DAE02DC04" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1E18F28F53BABD7DAE02DC04 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnome-list mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-list mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list> > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > <https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list> > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list --------------1E18F28F53BABD7DAE02DC04 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body> <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> </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CADSQJP7Mjv7jjgrkNbZR7nvFu1-USNqJ7R86QhVL7sLwh7iD3w@mail.gmail.com"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <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 <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>> schrieb am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 20:15:<br> </div> <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 <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> > 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> ><br> ><br> > On 4/4/21 6:44 AM, Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote:<br> ><br> > I think Ken means the package<br> ><br> > gnome-tweak-tool<br> ><br> > You need to install this package<br> > before you can adjust Gnome.<br> ><br> > Greetz. Val.<br> ><br> > ken <<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a>> schrieb am So., 4. Apr. 2021, 11:20:<br> >><br> >> Though I've seen the Preferences Tool mentioned in several gnome docs<br> >> (including the userguide.pdf), I haven't been able to find it on my<br> >> system (Fedora 33) or in the repos so I can download and install it.<br> >> Does it still exist...? or is it perhaps included in a package by some<br> >> other name?<br> >><br> >> tia.<br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> gnome-list mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><br> >> <a 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> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > gnome-list mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><br> > <a 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> _______________________________________________<br> gnome-list mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a><br> <a 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> </blockquote> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send="true">[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------1E18F28F53BABD7DAE02DC04-- --===============8433603156973049394== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list --===============8433603156973049394==--