[ghemical-devel] Re: Bug#137844: ghemical: Rendering problem

[Geoff Hutchison]

>> I can see 'something' on the screen but all is very thin. So I think
>> MM1Graphics/StickSize and others should have to be set before....

No, they don't. These calls will supply the same default as the previous 
version if no GNOME configuration is found.

>>> In the new system, the values are user-configurable, and the user's
>>> preferences are read from a configuration file under $HOME/.gnome/
>>
>> I think it is in $HOME/.gnome/accels/ghemical, but _which_ values are
>> configurable ?

No, you definitely don't want to touch anything in the ~/.gnome/accels 
directory. This is generated by GNOME directly and essentially is a 
cache of menus, etc. The GNOME configuration files are found directly in 
~/.gnome, i.e. ~/.gnome/ghemical

You may or may not already have such a file. Mine looks something like:
---------------------------------------

[Placement]
Dock=Toolbar\\0,1,0,0\\Menubar\\0,0,0,0

[Graphics]
BkgndColor=0.0 0.4 0.4 1.0

[MM1Graphics]
BallResolution=8
BallVdWScale=true
VdWResolution=14
StickResolution=15
SurfaceResolution=45
PlaneResolution=30
--------------------------------------

>> maybe it is wrong but I've no idea what it should be and there is no
>> 'parameters' entry in ghemical to set it up.

Certainly a UI for the preferences would be nice, but there are things 
higher on my list, at least. Documentation, of course is key.


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