<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 15:19 +0100, Andrea Cimitan wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Il giorno Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:03:16 -0500 Matthias Clasen <<A HREF="mailto:mclasen@redhat.com">mclasen@redhat.com</A>> ha scritto: > Some more comments before I move on to something else: > > - It would be much more readable to use enumeration and named values > in the rc files rather than cryptic integers: > > glazestyle = 1 # 0 = flat hilight, 1 = curved hilight, 2 = > concave style > menubarstyle = 2 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = gradient, 3 = > striped > menubaritemstyle = 0 # 0 = menuitem look, 1 = button look > menuitemstyle = 0 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy, 2 = striped > listviewheaderstyle = 0 # 0 = flat, 1 = glassy > roundness = 5 # 0 = squared, 1 = old default, more will > increase roundness > Murrine Configurator is solving this problem. 95% of users use Configurator to Configure their themes, so there's no problem related, and probably it will be a problem makin the opposite. I think that with strings people may write mistakes in typing and integers prevents this. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Honestly, I think you have your numbers wrong here. I'd expect it to be more like 1% of users who would ever consider using a tool like the configurator. And I disagree with the whole idea of having engine-specific configuration tools. If anything, such things should be part of a tweakui like tool that can handle multiple theme engines. But for discussing a default theme, it is completely irrelevant. The default theme must be good as is, no tweaking required. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Another thing is that with "integer" i can make >= == <= comparations in the engine so i can enable/disable features in a simple way. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> well, enum values are also integers when the arrive in the engine... <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > > - While these knobs to tweak are certainly nice, the one thing that > most people want to tweak in a theme are the colors. I would > personally be much more interested in themes which make use of > the new symbolic color mechanism in GTK+ 2.10 to create > "recolorable" themes. When there will be a GUI (i.e. gnome 2.18 will probably features this) then I will certanly manage that improvement, even with you if you know how to manage it in the right way! :) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, all I'm saying is that since we will have gnome 2.18 in FC7, it would be good to consider symbolic colors now when discussing a new default theme. Matthias </BODY> </HTML>