Documentation in pdf format, Screenshots, Defaults

[jh]

On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 13:34 +0100, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Friday 26 November 2010, jh wrote:
> > One more issue to consider:
> > according to the Gnome documentation guidelines, screenshots should be
> > taken with the default options set.
> > The current practice doesn't comply with that. The toolbar style on most
> > pictures is 'Text below icons', default is 'Priority text beside icons'.
> > Not a big deal, but if someone makes 250+ new pictures, something to
> > consider. It also has impact on the minimum width, one can adjust the
> > window to. In German, with it's relatively long words, the system
> > default is usually shorter and thus results in nicer looking images
> > (after adjusting to 510 px).
> > Juergen
> > 
> A very valid point.
> 
> This gets even more complicated because it's not really clear what is supposed 
> to be the "default options set". Each distribution configures it's own style 
> which impacts window titles, fonts, background colours, button styles and so 
> on.
> 
> I have no idea what defines the "default set of options" in this context. 
> Perhaps someone else knows ?
> 
> Geert
I previously filed https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629415 as
request for enhancement, to implement a button to reset all options to
system defaults.
In this particular case, 'Edit->Preferences->Window:Toolbar Style'
offers the option 'Use system default'.

Juergen