Re: Mate 1.8
The only documentation I can find for the dconf settings for Mate is what is available under Description when you click on a setting in dconf-editor. That is presumably at least accurate, even if you have to hunt around to find what you want. On 04/12/14 22:12, Yasha Karant wrote: Problem solved. Are the dconf-editor edited fields (variables) (well) documented anywhere? I did a web search on this issue and a found a reference that this had been solved in Mate 1.8 (at least on ubuntu). As I show my research students, a MS Win 8, Mac OS X, Gnome 3, or KDE Plasma interface is not as efficient as a Gnome 2 style interface for non-touch-screen machines; trackpads and touchscreens require ergonomic calibration that may be too sensitive for some hands/fingers. Mate is much better. Yasha On 12/03/2014 10:31 PM, Ben Waugh wrote: My understanding is that this bug is known to be present in MATE 1.8, but will be fixed in the next release: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274 Meanwhile, there is a workaround using dconf-editor: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274sid=e98780617c56d376cadbc4c1af5f14e7start=10#p10348 Cheers Ben On 04/12/14 05:29, Yasha Karant wrote: I understand that this is not an EPEL list. However, Mate is an EPEL port to EL7. I have been attempting to use Gnome 3, both Classic as well as Frippery; but I find that Gnome 3 lacks specific functionalities that I prefer. Evidently, Mate is a port/clone of Gnome 2 for distributions using Gnome 3, including EL7. I have installed Mate 1.8.1 as well as the applets, etc., from the EPEL list in the Add/Remove Software GUI. However, the window selector grid has a fixed 4 windows, and the right click Preferences on the selector does not allow me to increase the number of workspaces. A search on the web reveals that this is supposedly fixed in Mate 1.8 , but is not on my machine. Does anyone have a solution? Supposedly Oracle EL 7 uses Gnome 2. Is it possible to use the Oracle EL 7 rpms to install Gnome 2? Yasha Karant -- Dr Ben Waugh Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 7223 Computing and IT Manager Internal: 37223 Dept of Physics and Astronomy University College London London WC1E 6BT
Re: Mate 1.8
Problem solved. Are the dconf-editor edited fields (variables) (well) documented anywhere? I did a web search on this issue and a found a reference that this had been solved in Mate 1.8 (at least on ubuntu). As I show my research students, a MS Win 8, Mac OS X, Gnome 3, or KDE Plasma interface is not as efficient as a Gnome 2 style interface for non-touch-screen machines; trackpads and touchscreens require ergonomic calibration that may be too sensitive for some hands/fingers. Mate is much better. Yasha On 12/03/2014 10:31 PM, Ben Waugh wrote: My understanding is that this bug is known to be present in MATE 1.8, but will be fixed in the next release: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274 Meanwhile, there is a workaround using dconf-editor: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274sid=e98780617c56d376cadbc4c1af5f14e7start=10#p10348 Cheers Ben On 04/12/14 05:29, Yasha Karant wrote: I understand that this is not an EPEL list. However, Mate is an EPEL port to EL7. I have been attempting to use Gnome 3, both Classic as well as Frippery; but I find that Gnome 3 lacks specific functionalities that I prefer. Evidently, Mate is a port/clone of Gnome 2 for distributions using Gnome 3, including EL7. I have installed Mate 1.8.1 as well as the applets, etc., from the EPEL list in the Add/Remove Software GUI. However, the window selector grid has a fixed 4 windows, and the right click Preferences on the selector does not allow me to increase the number of workspaces. A search on the web reveals that this is supposedly fixed in Mate 1.8 , but is not on my machine. Does anyone have a solution? Supposedly Oracle EL 7 uses Gnome 2. Is it possible to use the Oracle EL 7 rpms to install Gnome 2? Yasha Karant
Re: Mate 1.8
My understanding is that this bug is known to be present in MATE 1.8, but will be fixed in the next release: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274 Meanwhile, there is a workaround using dconf-editor: http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2t=3274sid=e98780617c56d376cadbc4c1af5f14e7start=10#p10348 Cheers Ben On 04/12/14 05:29, Yasha Karant wrote: I understand that this is not an EPEL list. However, Mate is an EPEL port to EL7. I have been attempting to use Gnome 3, both Classic as well as Frippery; but I find that Gnome 3 lacks specific functionalities that I prefer. Evidently, Mate is a port/clone of Gnome 2 for distributions using Gnome 3, including EL7. I have installed Mate 1.8.1 as well as the applets, etc., from the EPEL list in the Add/Remove Software GUI. However, the window selector grid has a fixed 4 windows, and the right click Preferences on the selector does not allow me to increase the number of workspaces. A search on the web reveals that this is supposedly fixed in Mate 1.8 , but is not on my machine. Does anyone have a solution? Supposedly Oracle EL 7 uses Gnome 2. Is it possible to use the Oracle EL 7 rpms to install Gnome 2? Yasha Karant -- Dr Ben Waugh Tel. +44 (0)20 7679 7223 Computing and IT Manager Internal: 37223 Dept of Physics and Astronomy University College London London WC1E 6BT
