Kommentare zu: A new KWin window decoration theme engine

Von: Jack

Jack — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:11:13 +0000

I’ve already asked this here: http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2010/08/beautiful-screenshots

But does anybody know how to obtain a screenshot as a vector graphic?

It seems like a logical consequence of this development and there actually exists a way for Gnome, which is just awesome, especially if you want to use the snapshot for a digital publication.

Von: SoggyDoggy

SoggyDoggy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:58:54 +0000

This looks AWESOME!
Great job man, this is what KDE has been lacking – it looks great until you open Doliphin or Konqueror then it looks bad. Your theme engine will bring a universal look to KDE to match plasma.
I like the name Aurorae too, think it goes well with the plasma integration.
10/10 from me.

Von: Dingu

Dingu — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:57:59 +0000

What about the names ice or liquid

Von: Dingu

Dingu — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:48:13 +0000

What about the name coolIce or KoolIce

Von: Martin

Martin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:21:50 +0000

I’m currently thinking of Aurorae that is polar lights. The idea behind it is that polar lights are caused by Plasma and you can have polar lights in different colors and shapes. So we have themes.

Von: Michael "Stroma" Howell

Michael "Stroma" Howell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:17:35 +0000

Stroma? Let’s rename KDELibs to that for KDE5.

Von: Michael "Decorative letters" Howell

Michael "Decorative letters" Howell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:15:47 +0000

How about KVVin (K V V i n)

Or VVindeco (V V i n d e c o)

Or SVGVVin (S V G V V i n)

Or VectorVVin (V e c t o r V V i n)

Okay, enough of the two V.

SVGWin

VectorDecor

VectorWin

Von: Michael "KVVin" Howell

Michael "KVVin" Howell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:08:49 +0000

How about KVVin (that’s two V’s K V V i n).

Von: TheBlackCat

TheBlackCat — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:30:41 +0000

I’m having a bit of trouble posting. In case it didn’t go through before, here are a few name ideas:

(1) Aerogel: a very lightweight, easily-sculptable material that can be transparent or opaque.

(2) Seaglass: glass that has been shaped by waves.

(3) Calcite: a transparent or opaque crystal with unusual optical properties.

(4) Anthracene: a substance that gives of bursts of light when exposed to ionizing radiation.

(5) Silica: the material that makes up quartz crystal and is one of the main components of glass.

(6) Porcelain: a translucent ceramic.

(7) Oxonium: ionized oxygen.

(8) Peroxide: an unstable, reactive form of oxygen.

(9) Cornea: the transparent part of the eye.

(10) Stroma: the support network for tissues in the body.

Von: Martin

Martin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:23:41 +0000

Thanks for all the name suggestions. I’m still thinking about what it will be.

To answer some questions:
I want to have get hot new stuff support. But before I start working on it there have to be some themes. So that has to wait.

About what’s possible with SVG I have no idea. I haven’t known that SVG supports things like filter (yeah I’m not an artist). Basically if Plasma supports it the engine will support it as well. But I can’t think that blurring will be possible as that requires to know the background.

I don’t want the engine to become the default engine. I think for default something like Oxygen is much better. I have not yet decided if it will be part of kdebase, kdeartwork or extragear and I don’t think it realy matters.