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Hi,

On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Marco Martin <notmart@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 12 July 2014, Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > The frameworks branch of PMC now contains a Plasma Shell which basically
> > loads the required QML components and looks/works exactly the same[1]. So
> > technically we are good to go if a user wants her desktop to be a media
> > center.
> >
> > However, it'll be nice if we can discuss on how the actual workflow could
> > be for a user. Here are some things I can imagine-
> >
> > * User can have a mediacenter activity which she can switch to for
> getting
> > the multimedia experience.
>
> I'm not sure how much it can work as activity,
> if you want that tough most o the mediacenter UI QML should be moved in  a
> single containment (that may be good as well) while now is iirc mostly in
> the
> view of the desktop package
>

Do you mean that the current implementation won't support it, or the idea
itself is not good?


>
>
> > * Or, maybe she can configure the mediacenter shell to activate whenever
> an
> > external TV screen is connected (through HDMI or something).
>
> it could either switch the shell or just launch the standalone application
> (launching the application should be easy, maybe configurable from kscreen
> kcm?)
>

Or, maybe plasmashell exposes a D-Bus API that can load shells on the fly?

+1 for the kscreen kcm, I think it should be a nice feature in general.


>
> > * The device is a dedicated mediacenter device - the user tells Plasma to
> > always load mediacenter instead of deskop
>
> I think there should eventually be a session shipped by it so is just
> possible
> to login into it from the login manager
>

Guess the session will always run the same startkde script, how can we tell
plasmashell (rhymes :P) what to load?

>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<br><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote">On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Marco Martin <span dir=3D"ltr"=
>&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:notmart@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">notmart@gmail.c=
om</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"">On Saturday 12 July 2014, Sh=
antanu Tushar Jha wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi folks,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The frameworks branch of PMC now contains a Plasma Shell which basical=
ly<br>
&gt; loads the required QML components and looks/works exactly the same[1].=
 So<br>
&gt; technically we are good to go if a user wants her desktop to be a medi=
a<br>
&gt; center.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; However, it&#39;ll be nice if we can discuss on how the actual workflo=
w could<br>
&gt; be for a user. Here are some things I can imagine-<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; * User can have a mediacenter activity which she can switch to for get=
ting<br>
&gt; the multimedia experience.<br>
<br>
</div>I&#39;m not sure how much it can work as activity,<br>
if you want that tough most o the mediacenter UI QML should be moved in =C2=
=A0a<br>
single containment (that may be good as well) while now is iirc mostly in t=
he<br>
view of the desktop package<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do you mean=
 that the current implementation won&#39;t support it, or the idea itself i=
s not good?<br>=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div class=3D""><br>
<br>
&gt; * Or, maybe she can configure the mediacenter shell to activate whenev=
er an<br>
&gt; external TV screen is connected (through HDMI or something).<br>
<br>
</div>it could either switch the shell or just launch the standalone applic=
ation<br>
(launching the application should be easy, maybe configurable from kscreen<=
br>
kcm?)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or, maybe plasmashell exposes a D=
-Bus API that can load shells on the fly?<br><br></div><div>+1 for the kscr=
een kcm, I think it should be a nice feature in general.<br></div><div>
=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D""><br>
&gt; * The device is a dedicated mediacenter device - the user tells Plasma=
 to<br>
&gt; always load mediacenter instead of deskop<br>
<br>
</div>I think there should eventually be a session shipped by it so is just=
 possible<br>
to login into it from the login manager<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div=
>Guess the session will always run the same startkde script, how can we tel=
l plasmashell (rhymes :P) what to load?<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">

<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
--<br>
Marco Martin<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Shantanu Tu=
shar=C2=A0 =C2=A0 (UTC +0530)<br><a href=3D"http://www.shantanutushar.com" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.shantanutushar.com</a>
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