[Bug 21366] Workspace switcher preferences do not remember number of workspaces

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------- Additional Comments From vuntz at ubuntu.com  2006-01-06 18:43 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > Andy: is the key updated when you change the setting in the applet, now that
> > you've set the setting in gconf once?
> 
> Hi Vincent - yes - since updating the setting in gconf the changes that are made
> through the applet are retained.

Ah, this will make it more difficult to debug (but it's better for you ;-)).

> Some additional background that I should have included earlier. I have brought
> my $HOME, and my Gnome config, along with me through a couple of different
> distros for a couple of years now. Metacity used to use the key
> "/desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/number_of_workspaces" but it looks
> like this has been deprecated at some point. Possibly Gnome isn't doing
> something sensible with existing configs, and migrating this value to
> "/apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces"?

True. Might be a metacity bug. Maybe when it migrates the setting?

I'll look at the code.

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