From kde-devel  Sun Jul 04 03:28:21 1999
From: Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 03:28:21 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: KDE 2.0 Screensavers
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On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Martin Jones wrote:


[snip excellent report and list of ideas about new ss engine]

Q: how do you handle the config of each hack? Current modules have very
nice config dialogs.

> I propose using *.desktop files to describe available hacks.  I
> would like to put them in $KDEDIR/share/applnk/Screensavers but
> they would be displayed in the K menu, which is really quite
> pointless (perhaps the config dialog, or a demonstration could
> be launched).  Where else could they be placed?

I don't remember if KConfig/^Kmenu-engine had already a feature similar to
what Preston advertised while working on common .desktop standard
with Gnome: Gnome has a "don't show in menu" entry in the .desktop file.
Would this be useful enough to hack in?

Is it feasible to build in the screensaver engine a general config parser
(which would know how to build nice dialogs) and then put
config-parseable-info in the corresponding .desktop files?

> I would like to commit my current implementation soon if no one
> objects.  Unfortunately, the control center tab will require a
> minor rewrite, and the existing screensavers must be stripped
> down a little.  So if I commit this, for a while you will only
> have a black screen for a screen saver.  Is this a problem for
> anyone?
> 

OK from me if you thought about the config dialogs issue.

Cristian