[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kicker patches (was Patches and enhancements for KDE 3.5)
From:       "John Tapsell" <johnflux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-07-24 14:25:00
Message-ID: 43d8ce650807240725n3b8404dfnd9ffda5d4f0b799a () mail ! gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

Benoit,

  It seems that you've already got Aaron's blessings on this, so I'd
say to just double check with him then commit yourself.
Do you have an SVN account?

  It looks like you are doing good work, so maybe just take over
maintainership? :)

JohnFlux


2008/7/24 Benoit Minisini <gambas@users.sourceforge.net>:
> Hi,
>
> I posted my kate patch to the kwrite-devel mailing-list, but it was not
> committed yet.
>
> I continued on fixing kicker transparency, and many other problems. Where
> should I submit my patches? I think the kicker mailing-list is deprecated,
> and I don't think I should put them on the plasma mailing-list.
>
> Here are the things I fixed:
>
> - I added a SimpleArrowButton class and used it to replace many arrow buttons
> in kicker and its applets, so that the look of arrow buttons is consistent.
>
> - I used SimpleButton in the launcher and in the weather applet, so that their
> buttons look the same as panel buttons. It allowed me to remove duplicated
> code from the launcher applet.
>
> - I fixed the layout routine in the launcher applet, which couldn't stand a
> panel smaller than its specified icon size because it didn't take into
> account the margin around the buttons.
>
> - I fixed the media applet transparency.
>
> - I drawn the pager desktop names with the same shadow effect as taskbar
> buttons, when its transparency mode is set.
>
> - I fixed the ContainerArea and taskbar transparency background when they are
> scrollable. To do that, I used 'setBackgroundOrigin(WindowOrigin)'.
>
> - By using WindowOrigin, I didn't need to duplicate pieces of the
> ContainerArea background pixmap in each applet anymore.
>
> - I delayed the scroll bar update in the Panner class, so that they do not
> appear and disappear for no reason. Not perfect yet...
>
> - I removed the one pixel border when kicker has a background image. (Why a
> border in that specific case?)
>
> - I removed the useless margin around applet handlers.
>
> - The applet background is now refreshed during a move, not just at the end.
> It is just nicer to see. But it does not work for the taskbar yet.
>
> - When a panel (ExtensionContainer class) can be covered by a window, it was
> raised when the mouse went to its screen corner, even if you specified not to
> do that in the configuration. I fixed that.
>
> - I wanted that coverable panels stays on the background, even if you click on
> it, but I didn't succeed. I think that the "show desktop" button is enough to
> access this kind of panels. After all, if you allow windows to cover them, it
> should mean that you want the panel to stay in the background, no?
>
> - I made kicker automatically restart when the KDE widget style change.
> Otherwise, many widget layouts become invalid. I have a bug with that yet:
> with some styles (?), the main panel loses its transparency. By disabling and
> enabling it back in the kicker configuration, it comes back. Strange...
>
> - I have problems with the system tray applet transparency yet.
>
> Well, please tell me which fixes and changes could go in the KDE code.
>
> If my patches are accepted, I can continue on fixing the other parts of kicker
> I have never used, and that seem to have many transparency and look problems
> too.
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoit Minisini
>
>>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
>
 
>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]