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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kdesktop render code updated
From:       Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date:       1999-10-24 19:51:13
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I agree with Matt here. Quite a lot of users were reporting about using
(and liking) randomizing feature.

Cristian

On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Matt Koss wrote:

> On Ne, 24 okt 1999, Geert Jansen wrote:
> >Hi!
> >
> >I just committed my new background rendering code to kdesktop. 
> >
> >Main features:
> >* Can export the desktop background as a shared X pixmap (KSharedPixmap)
> >* Support for programs like xearth.
> >
> >Some issues:
> >
> >1. I changed the configuration files. I could not motivate myself to write
> >something which uses the old config, which I found odd at least. :-)
> >The new configuration file is "kdesktoprc" and it contains global and per
> >desktop settings. I wrote a program that converts your settings to the new
> >format but I don't know when/how to run it. Opinions?
> 
> I agree that current configuration files for kbgndwm are not the best solution,
> however, I couldn't think of anything else while still using KConfig class.
> Each desktop supports many wallpapers which can randomize, and we would need to
> use a hierarchical config file for keeping everything in the one file.
> This one file could then become very large ( depends on number of randomizing
> images ).
> 
> >
> >2. I did not yet port kcmdisplay. This will the next thing I'll do.
> >
> >3. I stripped out a few modes that IMO were just bloat and not usefull.
> >Among these are the random mode and some wallpaper tilings. If people want
> >them back, that's fine with me, I can even do it, but it is my opinion that
> >more is not always better... When I have ported kcmdisplay, please have a
> >look at the different possibilities that are offered for the desktop
> >background and see if you really miss anything.
> 
> Well, what can I say.
> I have spent some time to add the randomizing feature, and simply saying that
> it's just bloat and not usefull, while still saying that your solution supports
> xearth ( which is not useful from my point of view ), seems kind of strange to
> me.
> I agree that some of the wallpaper tilings might not be used that widely as the
> others, but the code for creation of tiling effects is very small and you cannot
> call it "bloat" at all.
> But randomizing is a feature that you should put back, otherwise I could not
> accept your rewrite.
> For me it's like you would take an old kpanel, add themeable buttons, but
> remove docking feature. See the point ?
> 
> 
> 	Best regards
> 
> 				Matt
> 
> 
> -- 
> Matej Koss	e-mail: koss@post.sk
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> 
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