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List:       kde-windows
Subject:    Re: A new tier1 for icontheme.rcc handling
From:       Andrius da Costa Ribas <andriusmao () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-01-20 15:44:35
Message-ID: CADzOArGR2Es2ZyBga1OzC9QZRa0matJouiV+qyo0C-juPf5n=w () mail ! gmail ! com
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+1 for the name kiconsupport as Ben suggested.


Em 19 de jan de 2018 21:49, "Ben Cooksley" <bcooksley@kde.org> escreveu:

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Hannah von Reth <vonreth@kde.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone.

Hi Hannah,

>
> Only some few of you will be aware of KIconThemes ability to load binary
> icon themes automagically.
>
> https://cgit.kde.org/kiconthemes.git/tree/src/kicontheme.cpp#n48
>
> The code looks for a icontheme.rcc and sets it as default theme.
>
> On Windows and Mac we rely on that code as it is more feasible to
> install that one
> file with an single application installer. This code also ensures that
> the theme path is set,
> which on Linux is done by the qpa.
>
> The problem with the current solution is that it only allows one single
> theme and is in a tier3
> framework.
>
> I recently talked to David Faure and we agreed that it would be best to
> put those few line of code into a new
> created tier1 framework, with an explicit call instead of the magical
> loading.
>
> The explicit call would allow to specify the theme loaded and we  can
> still maintain the current behaviour by putting a call to
> that new framework into KIconThemes.
>
> Now we need a name for that tier1 framework and ideally someone who
> steps up for the once in a lifetime chance to become
> maintainer of a glorious new tier1 framework.

While I can't be the maintainer for the framework, to get the ball
rolling may I suggest the name of 'kiconsupport' for the Framework?

>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannah
>

Cheers,
Ben

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<div dir="auto"><div>+1 for the name kiconsupport as Ben suggested.  </div><div \
dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">Em 19 de jan de 2018 21:49, &quot;Ben Cooksley&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:bcooksley@kde.org">bcooksley@kde.org</a>&gt; escreveu:<br \
type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:45 PM, Hannah von Reth &lt;<a \
href="mailto:vonreth@kde.org">vonreth@kde.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt; Hi \
everyone.<br> <br>
Hi Hannah,<br>
<div class="elided-text"><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Only some few of you will be aware of KIconThemes ability to load binary<br>
&gt; icon themes automagically.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href="https://cgit.kde.org/kiconthemes.git/tree/src/kicontheme.cpp#n48" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cgit.kde.org/<wbr>kiconthemes.git/tree/src/<wbr>kicontheme.cpp#n48</a><br>
 &gt;<br>
&gt; The code looks for a icontheme.rcc and sets it as default theme.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Windows and Mac we rely on that code as it is more feasible to<br>
&gt; install that one<br>
&gt; file with an single application installer. This code also ensures that<br>
&gt; the theme path is set,<br>
&gt; which on Linux is done by the qpa.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The problem with the current solution is that it only allows one single<br>
&gt; theme and is in a tier3<br>
&gt; framework.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I recently talked to David Faure and we agreed that it would be best to<br>
&gt; put those few line of code into a new<br>
&gt; created tier1 framework, with an explicit call instead of the magical<br>
&gt; loading.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The explicit call would allow to specify the theme loaded and we   can<br>
&gt; still maintain the current behaviour by putting a call to<br>
&gt; that new framework into KIconThemes.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Now we need a name for that tier1 framework and ideally someone who<br>
&gt; steps up for the once in a lifetime chance to become<br>
&gt; maintainer of a glorious new tier1 framework.<br>
<br>
</div>While I can&#39;t be the maintainer for the framework, to get the ball<br>
rolling may I suggest the name of &#39;kiconsupport&#39; for the Framework?<br>
<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Cheers,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Hannah<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Ben<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>



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