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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Formal complaint concerning the use of the name "System Settings"
From:       Frederic Crozat <fred () crozat ! net>
Date:       2011-07-24 16:29:03
Message-ID: CABJSYb1fqq02Cnx2Dyu70gy_djAXvKvkuku8fhThFcTeWg1GdA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Le 24 juil. 2011 14:35, "Aurélien Gâteau" <agateau@kde.org> a écrit :
> Le 24/07/2011 12:55, Giovanni Campagna a écrit :
>> Which is a KDE bug. You should use GNOME shortcuts when possible. I
>> mean, Gtk has emacs and Mac OS modes for keybindings, I doubt Qt hasn't
>> something similar.
>
>
>> It is true that you can change KDE theme without changing the GTK one,
>> but why would one want that? I want the look and feel of my system to be
>> consistent, even when different apps or toolkits are used, and I want
>> one place to configure the theme.
>> (or none, if I'm using GNOME3 </rant>)
>
>
>> KDE apps under GNOME should use gnome-keyring, not kwallet: that's what
>> org.freedesktop.Secrets is for.
>
>
> What about the other way around BTW? Do GNOME applications running on a
> KDE workspace follow KDE keybindings, theme, palette, fonts and icon
> theme? Do they use kwallet instead of gnome-keyring? If they don't I
> guess there is also a use for running GNOME System Settings on a KDE
> workspace.

Well, I wrote xsettings-kde
http://svn.mandriva.com/viewvc/soft/theme/xsettings-kde/ in 2007 which
exports kde settings as xsettings and causes GNOME/GTK applications to
follow KDE settings. Unfortunately, this code has never been integrated in
KDE...

-- 
Frédéric Crozat

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<p><br>
Le 24 juil. 2011 14:35, &quot;Aurélien Gâteau&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:agateau@kde.org">agateau@kde.org</a>&gt; a écrit :<br> &gt; Le \
24/07/2011 12:55, Giovanni Campagna a écrit :<br> &gt;&gt; Which is a KDE bug. You \
should use GNOME shortcuts when possible. I<br> &gt;&gt; mean, Gtk has emacs and Mac \
OS modes for keybindings, I doubt Qt hasn&#39;t<br> &gt;&gt; something similar.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; It is true that you can change KDE theme without changing the GTK one,<br>
&gt;&gt; but why would one want that? I want the look and feel of my system to be<br>
&gt;&gt; consistent, even when different apps or toolkits are used, and I want<br>
&gt;&gt; one place to configure the theme.<br>
&gt;&gt; (or none, if I&#39;m using GNOME3 &lt;/rant&gt;)<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; KDE apps under GNOME should use gnome-keyring, not kwallet: that&#39;s \
what<br> &gt;&gt; org.freedesktop.Secrets is for.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; What about the other way around BTW? Do GNOME applications running on a<br>
&gt; KDE workspace follow KDE keybindings, theme, palette, fonts and icon<br>
&gt; theme? Do they use kwallet instead of gnome-keyring? If they don&#39;t I<br>
&gt; guess there is also a use for running GNOME System Settings on a KDE<br>
&gt; workspace.</p>
<p>Well, I wrote xsettings-kde <a \
href="http://svn.mandriva.com/viewvc/soft/theme/xsettings-kde/">http://svn.mandriva.com/viewvc/soft/theme/xsettings-kde/</a> \
in 2007 which exports kde settings as xsettings and causes GNOME/GTK applications to \
follow KDE settings. Unfortunately, this code has never been integrated in KDE...</p>

<p>-- <br>
Frédéric Crozat </p>



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