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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Adding IceWM themes to KDE
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-05-01 15:59:28
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The widget theme code/data is very, very small. Wallpapers take up much
more space.

Torsten Rahn wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 01 May 2001 13:05, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> > Cullmann Christoph wrote:
> > > Am Sonntag, 29. April 2001 09:04 schrieb Karol Szwed:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I would like to add original IceWM themes specifically made for KDE 2.2
> > > > by KDE artists to KDE CVS. A preview of one is at
> > > > http://gallium.n3.net/mm.gif
> 
> No, bad idea. We already had a lot of complains at Cebit that even downloading
> qt-copy, kdelibs and kdebase is nothing many people can afford.
> 
> I'd like to see a minimum set of four themes (i mean our "metathemes" which
> are provided by kthememgr  in kdebase and the rest in kdeartwork (so there
> would.
> Also I'd like to see the widget-themes cut down a bit.
> Nobody is really keen on having 2 versions of SGI-widget-themes or a
> B3/KDE-theme which looks almost exactly like the Default-theme.
> The same applies for System++ and System-Series which look almost
> identical. 99% of the users _won't care_ about the subtil differences
> between those "twin-pairs" I mentioned. Therefore one of each
> should go into kde-artwork.
> During the next days I'll also move some of the wallpapers we have into
> kdeartwork.
> Making it possible to download our minimum set functionality (qt, kdelibs,
> kdebase) is critical for the success of KDE because our system will spread
> faster. Not to be mentioned that people will think less of "bloat" when they
> hear KDE.
> 
> > > > Where would be the best place to put them? I don't want to fill up
> > > > kdebase with themes... It would be nice if KDE came with some nice
> > > > eye-candy by default though - what do you think?
> 
> kdeartwork
> 
> Greetings,
> Tackat

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