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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: New KIconLoader
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-26 18:45:56
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Can you document what the groups mean ?
I can't find that info anywhere (the iconspecs on artists.kde.org isn't
up to date, the classes docu don't tell...)

Which group to use for menuitems ? Small is ... too big, apparently.
The code in KAction uses the Source Compatibility interface, and
I don't know how to fix it. Bar is for toolbars only, isn't it ?

Thanks.

On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 04:54:39PM +0100, Geert Jansen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As you might have guessed, I just committed the new iconloader. I'll try to
> give you guys some updates:
> 
> Notes for porting to the new iconloader.
>  
> 1. The key difference is that icons are loaded by group, not by size. Groups
>    are locations on the screen where icons are used, for example: Kicker,
>    Desktop and Toolbar. Per group configuration will be central.
>  
> 2. The new iconloader has functionality for loading icons with a specific
>    size. However, you should try to avoid this, as this will not honour the
>    user's global preferences. Code currently using iconsizes are the XML-GUI
>    framework and konqueror.
>  
> 3. The new iconloader is mostly source compatible with the old one. It will
>    spit out debug messages when old size-based code is used so you can see
>    which apps need to be ported. In time, this compatibility code will be
>    removed. I'd like to kindly ask the authors to port their applications.
>  
> 4. Icon names need to be more unique now. It's not allowed to have an icon
>    with the same name, only differing in context anymore. I.e. if the "unknown"
>    icon for the context "MimeTypes" is different from the "unknown" icon of
>    "Applications", they need a different name. Related to this, you can
>    only load  an icon by its name. It's never allowed to prepend it with a
>    subdirectory, i.e. loadIcon("mimetypes/unknown") .
> 
> Things that are next on my todo list are:
> 
> 1. Rename a lot of icons in the modules other than kdelibs and kdecore and
>    check their compilation.
> 2. Check for uniqueness of the icon names
> 3. Write the control module.
> 4. Help porting some applications.
> 
> If you have any questions, please ask them. I'll also put the specs on the
> KDE2 architecture site (and Torsten can put them on his artist site, too)
> 
> PS: Thanks to everybody who offered to help the porting effort. I
> decided to make the iconloader (mostly) source compatible, so this isn't
> necessary anymore (although you're more than welcome to port the apps, but
> at least they _will_ compile unmodified now)
> 
> Greetings,
>  -- 
>     Geert Jansen                       email: <g.t.jansen at stud.tue.nl>
>     Phylosopher, Physicist,                    email: <jansen at kde.org>           
>     KDE enthusiast                                 PGP key ID: 0xD2B5E7CE            

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