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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Opposition to removing old KWin themes?
From:       Luciano Montanaro <mikelima () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-07-27 9:07:18
Message-ID: AANLkTikMSxCzvr2ftvDDTBFE0gCJiH3iQTh1TN4kgzHw () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Jussi Kekkonen
<jussi.kekkonen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 July 2010 18:27, Hugo Pereira Da Costa <pereira@hep.saclay.cea.fr> wrote:
>> On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:52:57 Markus Slopianka wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>> I'd like to remove some old KWin themes from the default SC 4.6 install,
>>> eg. B II, Redmond, etc.
>>>
>>> Their source files have in most cases not been touched since years (Scripty
>>> goind through .desktop files doesn't count).
>>> Is there any opposition to it?
>>>
>>
>> On the similar note, I'd also remove some of the old Widget themes (CDE,
>> Motif, Window 9x)
>>
>>> Markus
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>>
>
> (skipping the whole thread as it seems to be more of widgets thand windecos)
>
> I'm not against getting "old" KWin themes from the default install, as
> long as they reside in, for example, kdeartwork.
>
> In case of B II, we (well, atleast I) have plans to try to implement
> all these new fancy functionalities like window grouping, as
> continuation what I started last winter.[0] So, don't call it dead or
> untouched yet. (:
>
> [0]http://websvn.kde.org/?view=revision&revision=1050951
>

Well, get in touch with me privately, then, I'm also interested in
getting back old functionality, and making it useful for advanced
window management. This thread had me look at the code again, and at
other decorations... I see there are a few things to tweak, and a few
things to add.


Luciano



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