gnome-color-manager

[ttoine]

Len,

In vanilla Ubuntu, Gnome Color Manager is not installed... So I can't
launch any gcm-foo command line. Are you sure you it is the same tool as in
vanilla Ubuntu ?

Toine



2012/8/18 Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net>

> Hello.
>   I need some help on the color manager. There are 4 *.desktop files that
> go with it. Right now none of them show up on our menu or in the
> settings manager. So we have this installed (even in 12.04 BTW) and no
> one can see it.
>
> The four files are:
> gcm-calibrate.desktop   gcm-picker.desktop gcm-import.desktop
> gcm-viewer.desktop
>
> Which of these should go where in our menu or settings manager?
>
> I already know that gcm-import.desktop should go nowhere. It just provides
> MIME support so that if the user downloads an ICC file they can right
> click on it and gcm will import it to the proper directory.
>
> gcm-viewer seems to be a profile manager, it can import or remove icc
> profiles. The category lists it as "System" but for some reason also marks
> it as NoDisplay=true... If I remove that line it would show up in the
> system menu. However, as always I can put it where ever I want :) Would it
> be a better thing to add to the settings manager?
>
> gcm-calibrate needs to have a colorimeter plugged in before it is run,
> there is no MIME line so I would expect it will not open on it's own when
> the colorimeter is plugged in... but I don't know and I don't have a meter
> to try it. Anybody have one? This one seems to belong in settings and so I
> will add it to the settings dialog. I will note in the comment (aka tool
> tip) that the colorimeter needs to be plugged in for this to work.
>
> gcm-picker says system, but from what it does, I think it should be in
> graphics. It uses the colorimeter to pick colours. put the meter over a
> colour and it will tell you what it is. I would guess it depends on the
> meter if it will only work on a screen or if it will work of of printed
> stuff too. This also needs a note that it needs a meter.
>
>
>
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