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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Drop-in replacement for QFontComboBox, better previews
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-05-06 20:00:41
Message-ID: 200805062200.48817.thiago () kde ! org
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Chusslove Illich wrote:
>> [: Chusslove Illich :]
>> I think it is important to have a tighter integration between font
>> choosers and the particular DE. [...]
>
>Now I've also realized that QFontComboBox scales fonts to the size of
> its own font, which gives smaller previews where used in KFontAction
> inside a toolbar, which has a smaller font.
>
>So the desktop integration needs are amounting: translation of generic
>names, color scheme query for sample text, preview relative to desktop
> font sizes. Moreover...

Translations are available in Qt.

There is a colour palette in Qt and, if an entry is missing, we can think 
of adding it.

The preview font size should be relative to what's being displayed in the 
combobox. I don't see how this is a desktop configuration.

>
>> [: Chusslove Illich :]
>> Then, as a next step, I've also thought of allowing the user to set
>> the sample text [...]
>
>Even for the estimated need of this feature there's an express
> independent request:

Unnecessary feature in my opinion.

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