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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    QtCurve window theme
From:       René_J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2017-03-10 11:21:07
Message-ID: 2474419.Il0F9Hv3VJ () bola
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Hi,

I've started to use KWin5 on my FranKDEn 4+5 desktop, running it on KUbuntu 14.04 \
from the parallel prefix where I install my home-built Qt5 and KF5 software. This \
works pretty (surprisingly?) good with the current v5.9.3 and at least feels faster \
than KWin4.

It also makes porting QtCurve's window theme a bit higher priority for me as I really \
like how I configured it (I have a screenshot but no evident place to upload it).

I currently use a slightly modified Breeze window theme that works acceptably with my \
QtCurve theme but it's not a long-term subsitute in part because it doesn't render \
text with the Freetype+Infinality quality I have elsewhere. I might be able to create \
an Aurorae theme with the desired design and looks, but that apparently obliges me to \
use normal instead of tiny window borders in order to get proper titlebar alignment.

Martin has already indicated in the past that he'd be willing to provide guidance in \
the porting process. I'm completely new to this domain myself and not even familiar \
with the current QtCurve window theme implementation so I'll probably need a bit more \
than guidance. Sadly the original author appears to be MIA. Would anyone be willing \
to have a good look at the current code? I'm ready to dive in but maybe not so much \
if for example it means rewriting everything from scratch, no matter how useful that \
might be.

Code is here:
https://cgit.kde.org/qtcurve.git/tree/qt5/kwin
https://cgit.kde.org/qtcurve.git/tree/qt5/kwinconfig

FWIW: the theme works fine for MDI windows, whatever that implies.

Thanks, also on behalf of Yichao,

R.


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