> On Okt. 29, 2014, 3:06 nachm., Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > > That means that other desktop enviornments cannot really use KWin without > > installing at least one l&f package anymore, right? Could that be a > > problem, or is KWin no fun without any L&Fs installed, anyway, even without > > that change? > > Martin Gräßlin wrote: > I already prepared a blog post and addressed the implication. Verbatim > quote from the draft: > > > The change has also some implications for users of non Plasma desktop > environments wanting to use KWin as their window manager. By moving the > switchers out, KWin removes some of the Plasma dependencies. All switchers > provided by KWin are using Plasma components, the default switcher is part of > the design concept for Plasma 5 following the same idea as other similar > components. Thus KWin had a direct dependency on Plasma with the window > switchers. This is now kind of solved by not offering any switcher at all. > > > My suggestion for desktop environment projects wanting to use KWin is > to provide their own default Look'n'Feel package with a Window and Desktop > switcher specific for their environment. On the other hand I don't see a > problem with providing a simple fallback theme in KWin. And of course there > are still the Desktop Effects for switching between Windows (CoverSwitch and > FlipSwitch) installed by default and just need to be enabled.
Excellent explanation! I rest my case. - Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120880/#review69457 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Okt. 29, 2014, 7:50 vorm., Martin Gräßlin wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120880/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Okt. 29, 2014, 7:50 vorm.) > > > Review request for kwin and Plasma. > > > Repository: kdeplasma-addons > > > Description > ------- > > It was decided that the default window switcher goes into the > look and feel package and all other window switchers go into > kdeplasma-addons. This means KWin does no longer offer any window > switchers. > > > Diffs > ----- > > windowswitchers/small_icons/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/small_icons/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/text/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/text/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/thumbnails/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/thumbnails/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/present_windows/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/present_windows/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/informative/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/compact/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/informative/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/big_icons/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/compact/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/big_icons/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION > CMakeLists.txt 09180ea05aa4dad12a1788c72abc082707cf08af > windowswitchers/CMakeLists.txt PRE-CREATION > windowswitchers/IconTabBox.qml PRE-CREATION > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120880/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > > Thanks, > > Martin Gräßlin > >
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