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Subject:    Re: Review Request: Separate caching for unthemed SVGs requesting
From:       "Aaron Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-12-05 20:34:39
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> On 2010-12-05 14:50:33, Manuel Mommertz wrote:
> > It is now even worse then before. Unthemed graphics still use the color=
s from plasma theme but don't get informed if the theme changes. this means=
, the colors that are used when first rendering the graphics stay even if I=
 switch the theme.
> > The plasma elements itself don't get rerendered on theme change. Only g=
raphics that have to be rerendered for another reason (resizing a widget, .=
..) get the svg's from the new activated theme.
> =

> Marco Martin wrote:
>     well, they shouldn't be informed on theme changes in this case...
> =

> Manuel Mommertz wrote:
>     right, but on colorscheme changes. with doesn't happen.
> =

> Aaron Seigo wrote:
>     "Unthemed graphics still use the colors from plasma theme but don't g=
et informed if the theme changes."
>     =

>     unthemed graphics never use colors from the plasma theme. they either=
 use no colors, or they use the system colors. in which case are unthemed g=
raphics using the color scheme from the plasma theme?
>     =

>     "the colors that are used when first rendering the graphics stay even=
 if I switch the theme."
>     =

>     of course. the theme is not relevant. you get to pick between "themed=
" and "unthemed".
>     =

>     "The plasma elements itself don't get rerendered on theme change."
>     =

>     which plasma elements?
>     =

>     "Only graphics that have to be rerendered for another reason (resizin=
g a widget, ...) get the svg's from the new activated theme."
>     =

>     are you saying that NO svg's (themed or unthemed) are being updated? =
because that works here.
>     =

>     "right, but on colorscheme changes. with doesn't happen."
>     =

>     do you mean the KDE color scheme change? e.g. when you change the col=
orscheme in the Colors control panel?
>     =

>     i'm quite confused now by what you mean. can you give me a clear, sim=
ple use case with detailed steps of reproduction so that i may identify and=
 reproduce the problem and subsequently fix it? thanks.
> =

> Manuel Mommertz wrote:
>     http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2729/plasmadesktopxk7517.png
>     =

>     Steps I did before taking this screenshot:
>     =

>     Logged in while Oxygen was the selected theme.
>     Switched theme to Air.
>     =

>     Noticed: After switching all graphics stay unchanged. The folderview =
changed after some 10-20 seconds. The handle (seen next to folderview) chan=
ged to air after I unhovered folderview and hovered it again. Panel stays u=
nchanged. The Entry in the taskbar gets the hover-graphic from air while fa=
lling back to oxygen when mouse leaves the entry.
>     Windeco still uses oxywin colors.
>     =

>     What I did to ensure this is not some strange local thing:
>     Logged out
>     Removed cache files from themes (oxygen and air, each two files. No o=
ther files were there from plasma)
>     Removed kde-install-path
>     Reinstalled
>     Logged in again
>     Nothing changed
>     =

>     What I am going to do now:
>     rebuild kdelibs and kdebase and test again

none of this had anything to do with these changes, however. these were all=
 little bugs that had crept into the codebase around repainting when the th=
eme changes. i've fixed the ones i've seen so far already.

but again, nothing to do with these changes. they would have been broken be=
fore this commit, too.

what is broken (so i can reproduce, test and fix) with unthemed svgs?


- Aaron


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On 2010-11-28 23:52:16, Aaron Seigo wrote:
> =

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> This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit:
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> =

> (Updated 2010-11-28 23:52:16)
> =

> =

> Review request for Plasma.
> =

> =

> Summary
> -------
> =

> see: http://www.mail-archive.com/plasma-devel@kde.org/msg13494.html
> =

> this introduces a Theme object used by Svg to cache the rendering of svg'=
s asking to be colorized, but which are not part of the theme. this require=
s an independent cache and set of color files, therefore a second Theme obj=
ect. SvgPrivate::actualTheme() is thus overridden by SvgPrivate::cacheAndCo=
lorsTheme() whenever caching or colors are used.
> =

> there are two remaining defects of varying severity, though neither is ve=
ry high imho:
> =

> a) if the system color palette changes when the application is not runnin=
g (or an svg using such a theme is not running) the cache will not be dropp=
ed. this is an existing issue, however, not something introduce by this pat=
chset
> =

> b) the new system color theme is shared for performance reasons, but once=
 created it is never deleted. it ought to be reference counted so it can be=
 cleaned up after in use, but this is currently not done.
> =

> several other fixes crept into this patchset (sorry :/) including:
> =

> * not dropping the cache just because we change themes; this made sense w=
hen just plasma-desktop used this or when the apps using Plasma::Theme all =
used the same theme. this is no longer the case, really, and having applica=
tions changing themes randomly kicking the cache out from underneath other =
apps that may still be using it is undesirable. this does mean that cache f=
iles will accumulate. not sure that's a big issue as they don't tend to be =
large and are in an area marked as "cache" (so ripe for clean-without-care)
> =

> * consolidate the signal/slot connections in SvgPrivate::checkColorHints,=
 and now the check is consistent on all paths (previously, it wasn't!)
> =

> * missing (and possible cause of cache key ambiguity) separator in CACHE_=
ID_WITH_SIZE
> =

> * cleanups such as getting rid of superfluous use of Plasma:: namespacing=
 in code that is now in libplasma, such as the stylesheeting. (it was from =
a plasmoid sebas wrote originally, iirc, explaining the historical reason f=
or the explicit namespacing)
> =

> in any case, consider this a draft at this stage. i'm interested in getin=
g feedback, improvements and testing.
> =

> =

> Diffs
> -----
> =

>   /trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/private/svg_p.h 1199366 =

>   /trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/svg.cpp 1201684 =

>   /trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/theme.cpp 1201685 =

> =

> Diff: http://svn.reviewboard.kde.org/r/6008/diff
> =

> =

> Testing
> -------
> =

> just running normal plasma-desktop and what i use. needs testing with svg=
's that will actually rely on this feature.
> =

> =

> Thanks,
> =

> Aaron
> =

>


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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On December 5th, 2010, 2:50 p.m., <b>Manuel \
Mommertz</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
#d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">It is now even worse then before. Unthemed graphics still use the colors \
from plasma theme but don&#39;t get informed if the theme changes. this means, the \
colors that are used when first rendering the graphics stay even if I switch the \
theme. The plasma elements itself don&#39;t get rerendered on theme change. Only \
graphics that have to be rerendered for another reason (resizing a widget, ...) get \
the svg&#39;s from the new activated theme.</pre>  </blockquote>




 <p>On December 5th, 2010, 3:12 p.m., <b>Marco Martin</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">well, they shouldn&#39;t \
be informed on theme changes in this case...</pre>  </blockquote>





 <p>On December 5th, 2010, 3:38 p.m., <b>Manuel Mommertz</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">right, but on \
colorscheme changes. with doesn&#39;t happen.</pre>  </blockquote>





 <p>On December 5th, 2010, 7:51 p.m., <b>Aaron Seigo</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">&quot;Unthemed graphics \
still use the colors from plasma theme but don&#39;t get informed if the theme \
changes.&quot;

unthemed graphics never use colors from the plasma theme. they either use no colors, \
or they use the system colors. in which case are unthemed graphics using the color \
scheme from the plasma theme?

&quot;the colors that are used when first rendering the graphics stay even if I \
switch the theme.&quot;

of course. the theme is not relevant. you get to pick between &quot;themed&quot; and \
&quot;unthemed&quot;.

&quot;The plasma elements itself don&#39;t get rerendered on theme change.&quot;

which plasma elements?

&quot;Only graphics that have to be rerendered for another reason (resizing a widget, \
...) get the svg&#39;s from the new activated theme.&quot;

are you saying that NO svg&#39;s (themed or unthemed) are being updated? because that \
works here.

&quot;right, but on colorscheme changes. with doesn&#39;t happen.&quot;

do you mean the KDE color scheme change? e.g. when you change the colorscheme in the \
Colors control panel?

i&#39;m quite confused now by what you mean. can you give me a clear, simple use case \
with detailed steps of reproduction so that i may identify and reproduce the problem \
and subsequently fix it? thanks.</pre>  </blockquote>





 <p>On December 5th, 2010, 8:08 p.m., <b>Manuel Mommertz</b> wrote:</p>
 <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2729/plasmadesktopxk7517.png

Steps I did before taking this screenshot:

Logged in while Oxygen was the selected theme.
Switched theme to Air.

Noticed: After switching all graphics stay unchanged. The folderview changed after \
some 10-20 seconds. The handle (seen next to folderview) changed to air after I \
unhovered folderview and hovered it again. Panel stays unchanged. The Entry in the \
taskbar gets the hover-graphic from air while falling back to oxygen when mouse \
leaves the entry. Windeco still uses oxywin colors.

What I did to ensure this is not some strange local thing:
Logged out
Removed cache files from themes (oxygen and air, each two files. No other files were \
there from plasma) Removed kde-install-path
Reinstalled
Logged in again
Nothing changed

What I am going to do now:
rebuild kdelibs and kdebase and test again</pre>
 </blockquote>








</blockquote>

<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">none of this had \
anything to do with these changes, however. these were all little bugs that had crept \
into the codebase around repainting when the theme changes. i&#39;ve fixed the ones \
i&#39;ve seen so far already.

but again, nothing to do with these changes. they would have been broken before this \
commit, too.

what is broken (so i can reproduce, test and fix) with unthemed svgs?</pre>
<br />








<p>- Aaron</p>


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<p>On November 28th, 2010, 11:52 p.m., Aaron Seigo wrote:</p>






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<div>Review request for Plasma.</div>
<div>By Aaron Seigo.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated 2010-11-28 23:52:16</i></p>




<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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1px solid #b8b5a0">  <tr>
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   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">see: http://www.mail-archive.com/plasma-devel@kde.org/msg13494.html

this introduces a Theme object used by Svg to cache the rendering of svg&#39;s asking \
to be colorized, but which are not part of the theme. this requires an independent \
cache and set of color files, therefore a second Theme object. \
SvgPrivate::actualTheme() is thus overridden by SvgPrivate::cacheAndColorsTheme() \
whenever caching or colors are used.

there are two remaining defects of varying severity, though neither is very high \
imho:

a) if the system color palette changes when the application is not running (or an svg \
using such a theme is not running) the cache will not be dropped. this is an existing \
issue, however, not something introduce by this patchset

b) the new system color theme is shared for performance reasons, but once created it \
is never deleted. it ought to be reference counted so it can be cleaned up after in \
use, but this is currently not done.

several other fixes crept into this patchset (sorry :/) including:

* not dropping the cache just because we change themes; this made sense when just \
plasma-desktop used this or when the apps using Plasma::Theme all used the same \
theme. this is no longer the case, really, and having applications changing themes \
randomly kicking the cache out from underneath other apps that may still be using it \
is undesirable. this does mean that cache files will accumulate. not sure that&#39;s \
a big issue as they don&#39;t tend to be large and are in an area marked as \
&quot;cache&quot; (so ripe for clean-without-care)

* consolidate the signal/slot connections in SvgPrivate::checkColorHints, and now the \
check is consistent on all paths (previously, it wasn&#39;t!)

* missing (and possible cause of cache key ambiguity) separator in CACHE_ID_WITH_SIZE

* cleanups such as getting rid of superfluous use of Plasma:: namespacing in code \
that is now in libplasma, such as the stylesheeting. (it was from a plasmoid sebas \
wrote originally, iirc, explaining the historical reason for the explicit \
namespacing)

in any case, consider this a draft at this stage. i&#39;m interested in geting \
feedback, improvements and testing.</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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   <pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: \
-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">just running normal plasma-desktop and what i use. needs testing with \
svg&#39;s that will actually rely on this feature.</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
<ul style="margin-left: 3em; padding-left: 0;">

 <li>/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/private/svg_p.h <span style="color: \
grey">(1199366)</span></li>

 <li>/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/svg.cpp <span style="color: \
grey">(1201684)</span></li>

 <li>/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/plasma/theme.cpp <span style="color: \
grey">(1201685)</span></li>

</ul>

<p><a href="http://svn.reviewboard.kde.org/r/6008/diff/" style="margin-left: \
3em;">View Diff</a></p>




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