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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Styles vs. Themes?
From:       "Thomas Diehl" <thd () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-29 5:01:04
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 21:50:24 +0200, Wolfram Diestel wrote:

>> The difference between window manager styles and old-fashioned themes
>> is that the former even reflect window titlebar color settings from the
>> control center and might implement different features.
>> ---
>>
>> Whatever this exactly means, it surely does not make the difference any
>> clearer to the users. And although I re-read it several times I still
>> think it even has the whole thing backwards. At least in KDE it's
>> obviously themes what changes titlebars, not styles.
>
>I think the string means, that styles does not define the appearence 
>of the titlebar, but use this one, which is set up in then Control Center,
>while themes define the title bar appearence itself.

Sounds plausible. But I can hardly a newbie who will figure this out. I
would still remove it for 2.2 and try to come up with a clear
distinction between KDE styles and themes for future releases.

Regards,

Thomas




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