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diff --git a/src/metacity.schemas b/src/metacity.schemas index e772418..9b0a5be 100644 --- a/src/metacity.schemas +++ b/src/metacity.schemas @@ -1173,6 +1173,41 @@ you set </locale> </schema> + <schema> + <key>/schemas/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds</key> + <applyto>/apps/metacity/general/disable_workarounds</applyto> + <owner>metacity</owner> + <type>bool</type> + <default>false</default> + <locale name="C"> + <short>Disable misfeatures that are required by old or broken + applications</short> + <long> + Some applications break specifications in ways that result + in window manager misfeatures. For example, ideally Metacity + would place all dialogs in a consistent position with + respect to their parent window. This requires ignoring + application-specified positions for dialogs. But some + versions of Java/Swing mark their popup menus as dialogs, + so Metacity has to disable dialog positioning to allow + menus to work in broken Java applications. There are + several other examples like this. + + This option puts Metacity in full-on Correct mode, which + perhaps gives a moderately nicer UI if you don't need to run + any broken apps. Sadly, workarounds must be enabled by + default; the real world is an ugly place. + + Some of the workarounds are workarounds for limitations in + the specifications themselves, so sometimes a bug + in no-workarounds mode won't be fixable without + amending a spec. + </long> + + </locale> + </schema> + + </schemalist> </gconfschemafile> |