Bug#310075: /usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon: Want man page for gnome-settings-daemon

Johan Walles Johan Walles <walles@mailblocks.com>, 310075@bugs.debian.org
Mon, 23 May 2005 09:32:25 -0700


I didn't need a man page as much as documentation about what 
gnome-settings-daemon was good for.  "man" was the first place I 
looked.  I got this info:

"
This program,  utility  or  function  does  not have a useful manpage.  
Before opening a bug to report this, please check with the  Debian  Bug 
Tracking System (BTS) at <http://bugs.debian.org/> if a bug has already 
been reported.  If not, you can submit a wishlist bug if you want.
"

So I did.

The reason for me needing docs for g-s-d was that I started looking 
into fixing "https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7621".  I 
found that g-s-d is what's keeping X resources synched with the GNOME 
settings.  I was curious about what the scope of g-s-d is, and what 
other things it is good for.  Since I haven't found any docs for it, I 
still am :-(.

  Regards //Johan

-----Original Message-----
From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
To: Johan Walles <walles@mailblocks.com>; 310075@bugs.debian.org
Sent: Mon, 23 May 2005 14:53:03 +0200
Subject: Re: 
Bug#310075:	/usr/lib/control-center/gnome-settings-daemon:	Want man 
page for	gnome-settings-daemon

Le lundi 23 mai 2005 à 05:22 -0700, Johan Walles a écrit :
> I needed the man page.
>
> In case you don't intend to write one (I realize there are probably
> more pressing problems around), feel free to close this as WONTFIX.
>
> Saying "there is no need for a man page" is simply false (since I
> obviously needed it).  Do you know if there's *any* documentation for
> gnome-settings-daemon at all?  I tried Google without finding 
anything
> :-(.

Why in the world would you need a manual page for a *helper* program
which is located in /usr/lib/something? If the program was meant to be
run by the user, it would be located in /usr/bin.
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