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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: themes -- backing out thereof
From:       Stefan Taferner <taferner () salzburg ! co ! at>
Date:       1999-07-26 7:13:51
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On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
[...]
> > Are the backup files in ~/.kde/share/apps/kwm/pics/ like
> > wm_topright.xpm~ part of the mechanism ?
> 
> Yepp, kthememgr backups them (the initial intention of Stefan T. was to
> provide an undo function). I also just observed that kthememgr's backup
> mechanism doubles the mechanism I included in kcmkwm/titlebar for the
> titlebar textures (so that we find ourselves with 4 backups).

Clever techniques in kcm modules do more hinder than help the theme
manager, as they are usually only valid for one module.

I had a hard time working around all the clever ideas that are built into them.
Don't understand me wrong: from the point of the kcm-module the ideas
are indeed clever. But from the point of a theme manager who wants to
handle all things similar, the clever ideas are a problem.

Same for the per-display config files of kcmdisplay.

It was interesting for me to see that clever ideas can turn into problems if
you change the point of view. :-)

Kind regards,
Stefan

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