On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 04:55 -0800, Jon Phillips wrote:
No, you can change the offset of the shadow to 0 (zero) so that there is no shadow, in the preferences xml. I just added this preference to my inkscape preferences GUI and I'll commit it here b4 the end of the day. I used to shut this off and previously had been overruled on removing the shadow. I personally find it annoying, but others might like it...
This is a good approach. I like how GIMP puts the "advanced" (mostly crack, really ;) preferences and options to the rc files and doesn't expose them in the GUI. It makes it easier to find the common options while not really removing the configurability.
On the other hand a lot of hackers prefer to add options when they should have made a decision really. So having sane defaults shoudln't be underestimated either.
cheers
P.S. GNOME has the gconf-editor for that sort of stuff, but I guess depending on gconf isn't such a good idea for a multiplatform app.