From kde-core-devel  Mon Sep 13 14:35:27 2004
From: Andrew Coles <andrew_coles () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:35:27 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: widget style cleanup
Message-Id: <200409131535.27813.andrew_coles () yahoo ! co ! uk>
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On Monday 13 Sep 2004 15:10, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> Does it take into account color and
> window manager theme?  Will kde apps simply have a screenshot directory
> with a script and example files that will generated the screenshots when
> you install the docs?

I think the holy grail would be to ditch hard-wired screenshots altogether and 
have the dialog images in the documentation rendered on-the-fly, using the 
user's current widget settings, as they browsed the documentation.  That 
would get around the whole issue of consistency, language and having to 
re-take screenshots for different themes.  Also, with a nod towards 
Accesibility, it would still allow the documentation to be used by people who 
need large fonts/high-constrast colour schemes etc..

How feasible this would be is another matter. I can imagine for designer 
files, perhaps, but probably not for code-generated GUIs - although I'd love 
to be proved wrong!

Andrew