We should rename it and fork it so that doru gets less conflicts

Stef

On Mar 25, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Tudor Girba wrote:

> Thanks, Doug. This was on my to do list for a long time.
> 
> Just a note: GLMUITheme is part of Glamour. Please do not fork it in Pharo 
> and integrate fixes there because then it will just get messy. I will 
> integrate it in Glamour.
> 
> If you want to evolve it in the context of Pharo, you should rename it an put 
> it in a different package (this would probably make sense anyway).
> 
> Cheers,
> Doru
> 
> 
> On 25 Mar 2011, at 08:44, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
> 
>> Thanks.
>> May be the windowActiveDropShadowStyle could be just added to the UITheme 
>> class?
>> 
>> Open a bug entry and attach code or slice there so that 
>>      - have a look
>>      - not forget to integrate the fix.
>> 
>> Stef
>> 
>>> Reduce the complexity of user interface themes
>>> 
>>> In general, user interface themes should inherit directly from UITheme, not
>>> from a chain of themes.  When you have a chain of themes, you are stuck with
>>> the intermediate themes, whether you need/use them or not.  Consider
>>> GLMUITheme.  Currently it is under UIThemeWatery2, which is under
>>> UIThemeWatery, which is under UITheme.
>>> 
>>> Some characteristics inherited from the chain are missing, but in principal,
>>> GLMUITheme can be moved directly under UITheme with just 3 changes.
>>> 
>>> 1. Add an instanceVariable 'windowActiveDropShadowStyle'
>>> 
>>> UITheme subclass: #GLMUITheme
>>>     instanceVariableNames: 'windowActiveDropShadowStyle'
>>>     classVariableNames: ''
>>>     poolDictionaries: ''
>>>     category: 'Glamour-Morphic-Theme'
>>> 
>>> 2. Add a class method
>>> 
>>> isAbstract
>>>     "Answer whether the receiver is considered to be abstract."
>>>     ^false
>>> 
>>> 3. Add an instance method
>>> 
>>> windowActiveDropShadowStyle: anObject
>>>     "Set the value of windowActiveDropShadowStyle"
>>>     windowActiveDropShadowStyle := anObject
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Because GLMOrangeUITheme inherits these changes, it does not need
>>> modification.  
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>> 
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