Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:40:56PM -0700, Brian J. Tarricone wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:27:57 +0200 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:15:11PM -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > >> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 17:35 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > >> > - private application icons >

Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Brian J. Tarricone
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:27:57 +0200 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: >On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:15:11PM -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 17:35 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: >> > - private application icons >> > - to be able to theme the app's private icons, the app needs to >> >

Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 12:15:11PM -0500, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 17:35 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > - application menu icons > > - consensus seems to be that every application *has* to ship a hicolor > > icon. > > When did that consensus come about? > uhm. nobo

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Thiago Macieira
John Tapsell wrote: >There is a restriction that apps cannot modify the clipboard if the >user unselects something. > >Programs like Excel in Windows remove data from the clipboard when you >unselect them. presumably there is a good reason for this sort of >behaviour. That's because Excel is brok

Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Brian J. Tarricone
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:15:11 -0500 Shaun McCance wrote: >On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 17:35 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: >> - application menu icons >> - consensus seems to be that every application *has* to ship a >> hicolor icon. yes, even if it is part of a desktop's core module. an >> appli

Re: xdg-utils xdg-icon-resource's destination icon name

2007-06-18 Thread James Richard Tyrer
Patryk Zawadzki wrote: > On 6/18/07, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> or that the DeskTop supplies an icon for that MIME type in the >> HiColor theme. >> >> It is this last case that is the problem and it does need to be >> solved. > > There is nothing to be solved. You are pa

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Patryk Zawadzki
On 6/18/07, John Tapsell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a restriction that apps cannot modify the clipboard if the > user unselects something. > > Programs like Excel in Windows remove data from the clipboard when you > unselect them. presumably there is a good reason for this sort of > beh

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Havoc Pennington
Hi, Pompei2 wrote: > I once looked into using the clipboard and did read the (now old) specs, > and the links given in it. What i felt was missing, and is still > missing, is a link into one more practical example. I do understand how > the clipboard works and so one, but i have absolutely no i

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Havoc Pennington
Hi, I don't think this is a replacement for the current clipboards.txt as it is harder to read (more "legalistic") and gives less rationale and history. It may be useful as a supplement. I would definitely keep both documents around, though. Havoc _

Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Shaun McCance
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 17:35 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 05:56:52PM -0700, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > On Sunday 03 June 2007, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > > >> As you said, HiColor needs to inherit KDEClassic, but in GNOME, > > >> HiCo

Re: Recommendation for $HOME

2007-06-18 Thread Patryk Zawadzki
On 6/18/07, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If users are going to use $HOME to store files, then yes they might get > confused and delete "$HOME/Mail". The unfortunate part of this is that > it was moved to a configuration directory: $HOME/.kde and as a result, > users deleted the

Re: xdg-utils xdg-icon-resource's destination icon name

2007-06-18 Thread Patryk Zawadzki
On 6/18/07, James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or that the DeskTop supplies an > icon for that MIME type in the HiColor theme. > > It is this last case that is the problem and it does need to be solved. There is nothing to be solved. Desktop icon themes do not put anything inside hic

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread John Tapsell
There is a restriction that apps cannot modify the clipboard if the user unselects something. Programs like Excel in Windows remove data from the clipboard when you unselect them. presumably there is a good reason for this sort of behaviour. Is there a good reason to say applications MUST NOT mo

Re: Icon theme spec & inheritance

2007-06-18 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 05:56:52PM -0700, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > On Sunday 03 June 2007, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > >> As you said, HiColor needs to inherit KDEClassic, but in GNOME, > >> HiColor probably needs to inherit Gnome. > > > > it doesn't. > > What doe

Re: New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Pompei2
Hi, I finally "finished" rewriting the Clipboard Specification. I'm hoping to get comments, discussion and/or silent approval. :-) I once looked into using the clipboard and did read the (now old) specs, and the links given in it. What i felt was missing, and is still missing, is a link into

New Version of the Clipboard Specification

2007-06-18 Thread Toni Ruottu
Hi! I finally "finished" rewriting the Clipboard Specification. I'm hoping to get comments, discussion and/or silent approval. :-) --Toni Terms The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in the