The only documentation I can find for the dconf settings for Mate is 
what is available under "Description" when you click on a setting in 
dconf-editor. That is presumably at least accurate, even if you have to 
hunt around to find what you want.

On 04/12/14 22:12, Yasha Karant wrote:
> Problem solved.  Are the dconf-editor edited fields (variables) (well)
> documented anywhere?  I did a web search on this issue
> and a found a reference that this had been solved in Mate 1.8 (at least
> on ubuntu).  As I show my research students, a MS Win 8, Mac OS X, Gnome
> 3, or KDE Plasma interface is not as efficient as a Gnome 2 style
> interface for non-touch-screen machines; trackpads and touchscreens
> require ergonomic calibration that may be too sensitive for some
> hands/fingers.  Mate is much better.
>
> Yasha
>
> On 12/03/2014 10:31 PM, Ben Waugh wrote:
>> My understanding is that this bug is known to be present in MATE 1.8,
>> but will be fixed in the next release:
>>   http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3274
>>
>> Meanwhile, there is a workaround using dconf-editor:
>>
>> http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3274&sid=e98780617c56d376cadbc4c1af5f14e7&start=10#p10348
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ben
>>
>> On 04/12/14 05:29, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>> I understand that this is not an EPEL list.  However, Mate is an EPEL
>>> port to EL7.   I have been attempting to use Gnome 3, both Classic as
>>> well as Frippery; but I find that Gnome 3 lacks specific functionalities
>>> that I prefer.  Evidently, Mate is a port/clone of Gnome 2 for
>>> distributions using Gnome 3, including EL7.  I have installed Mate 1.8.1
>>> as well as the applets, etc., from the EPEL list in the Add/Remove
>>> Software GUI.
>>>
>>> However, the window selector grid has a fixed 4 windows, and the right
>>> click Preferences on the selector does not allow me to increase the
>>> number of workspaces.  A search on the web reveals that this is
>>> supposedly fixed in Mate 1.8 , but is not on my machine. Does anyone
>>> have a solution?
>>>
>>> Supposedly Oracle EL 7 uses Gnome 2.  Is it possible to use the Oracle
>>> EL 7 rpms to install Gnome 2?
>>>
>>> Yasha Karant
>>

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