Bug#373619: gnome-utils: window is not resizable or floating with no option to change

[Jeff Abrahamson]

Package: gnome-utils
Version: 2.14.0-1
Severity: wishlist


gnome-dictionary-applet used to open a window which could be resized
and moved.  It now opens a docked window that is thus not resiable or
movable.  It would be very helpful at least to have an option to have
the window be resizeable and moveable.

<opinion> I'm filing this as a feature request (to restore the ability
to let the window resize and move), but I view it as crippling the app
as far as my own workflow is concerned.  It becomes more convenient to
open a new terminal and type "dict word" at this point. </opinion>

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages gnome-utils depends on:
ii  e2fslibs                   1.39-1        ext2 filesystem libraries
ii  gconf2                     2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.11.4-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0              0.2.6-6       Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libavahi-client3           0.6.10-1      Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3           0.6.10-1      Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1             0.6.10-1      Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.14.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.14.0-2      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6-13      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.0.4-2       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-2                0.61-6        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libesd0                    0.2.36-3      Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libfontconfig1             2.3.2-5.1     generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6               2.2.1-2       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4                2.14.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11                1.2.2-1       LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.5.1-2     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.10.2-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.14.1.1-1    Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-keyring0          0.4.9-1       GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0                2.14.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-3      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-3      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.14.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             2.14.1-2      GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgnutls13                1.3.5-1.1     the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libgpg-error0              1.2-1         library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.8.17-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libhal1                    0.5.7-2       Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libice6                    1:1.0.0-3     X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                  6b-13         The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.0-1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.14.1-1      library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.12.3-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0                 1.2.8rel-5.1  PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                   1.10-2        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                     1:1.0.0-4     X11 Session Management library
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.8-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtasn1-2                 1:0.2.17-2    Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.0-6     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1.1.5.2-5     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   1:1.0.0-4     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                 1:3.0.1.2-4   X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                     1:1.0.0-5     X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1               1:1.0.1-4     X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.24.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                 2:1.1.0.2-4   X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.0.2-4   X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-11     A free electronic cataloging syste
ii  zlib1g                     1:1.2.3-11    compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gnome-utils recommends:
ii  gksu                          1.3.7-1    graphical frontend to su

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