From kde-core-devel  Mon Sep 13 16:20:11 2004
From: Lauri Watts <lauri () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:20:11 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: widget style cleanup
Message-Id: <200409131820.15061.lauri () kde ! org>
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On Monday 13 September 2004 16.46, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> * Andrew Coles <andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk> [Sep 13. 2004 16:37]:
> > 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 directo=
ry
> > > 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 t=
he
> > 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..

Well, that'd be neat for inside khelpcenter, but we still need static ones =
for=20
web pages, and many other uses.  I don't know if it would work for those=20
where the text refers to actual (type in) content in the screenshot either.=
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By all means, if you can do this, we'd like to see it.

> I think that we should define a default theme (win-deco, style, colors,
> icons) for standard screenshots, and also define a theme for
> low-contrast, etc.

We always have (although, not a low-contrast version)

> No one should be able to mess up the screenshots with their own ideas
> about what looks nice :-)

Indeed.  I'm not too in love with the look of them now, but=20

Regards,
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Lauri Watts
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