On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 09:18:04PM +0200, Lothar Brendel wrote: > Package: grace > Version: 1:5.1.25-7+b1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > xmgrace's UI got slightly inferior since version 1:5.1.25-6: The menu > accelerators have dissapreared, the font is less fitting. > > Actually, I beg to differ regarding bug #727796 and its fix. The Xresources > hardcoded in xmgrace.c are *fallback* resources, employed via > XtAppSetFallbackResources(). They can be and *are* overriden by user > specified Xresources (I don't know why this didn't work in the bug reporter's > case). What's a bit annoying: *All* of them are dismissed as soon as a > resource file is given, even an empty one. > > This can be verified nicely in version 1:5.1.23-3: Without an > /etc/X11/app-defaults/XMgrace, the UI has colors, a nice font, and menu > accelerators. With an empty /etc/X11/app-defaults/XMgrace, it is b/w, has a > monospaced font and no menu accelerators. Unfortunately, with the > /etc/X11/app-defaults/XMgrace shipped since version 1:5.1.23-6, it has > colors, but still the monospaced font and still no menu accelerators. This I > consider a regression.
Some of this may be DE-dependent; I get a monospaced font *with* accelerators. But I take your point. > My suggestion: Don't cripple the fallback resources in the code and instead > of supplying a deficient /etc/X11/app-defaults/XMgrace, provide an example in > the docs. The example file could contain precisely the fallback values, then > the user could edit just the relevant bits. This seems reasonable. I feel like very, very few people are customizing their Xresources file in the current day. -- Nicholas Breen nbr...@debian.org
