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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: please comment: kdm control module
From:       Oswald Buddenhagen <ob6 () inf ! tu-dresden ! de>
Date:       2001-04-02 18:17:06
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> Maybe the best solution would be to solve the current problem with themes.
> 
i don't think this would work. too diverse requirements.
i'm thinking about something like that:
- manager (global) settings
  - shutdown/restart-related stuff (who, how, what)
  - session types
  - the stuff currently in Xaccess (no idea, how to organize this)
  - the stuff currently in Xservers (not sure, how to organize this)
  - dpms setting integration (steal it from "power control" menu)
- per-display settings
  - look & feel (defaults scope: all displays)
    - the upper (look) part of the current appearance tab
    - the lower (locale) part of the current appearance tab
    - the font tab (add anti-aliasing)
    - the background tab
    - the users tab
    - keyboard settings (clear caps lock? set numlock?)
  - parts of current convenience tab (somebody has a better name for it?);
    - auto-login (default scope :0)
    - password-free login (default scope: all local displays)

i'm not sure, how to organize this "per-display" stuff.
i thought about an editable combo box with the initial items "All", 
"Local", ":0". right to it a button "clear", which removes the
currently selected display name from the combobox and also any
settings associated with this display. questions open:
- make one combo for all tabs or a separate combo for every tab?
  one combo is bad, as different tabs should have different default
  scopes (so a newbie needn't to care for it). multiple combos are
  bad, because if you want to change different settings (in different
  tabs) for one display, you have to ensure you have selected the
  right display in every tab. maybe, make only one combo and add an
  "abstract" display name like "default scope"? anyway, in this
  case the combo needs to be outside (above) the tabs.
- surely forgot something ... :)

best regards

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