XFCE - look-and-feel configuration.

[Aaron]

i understand that, but would it be feasible? for 4.6 maybe?

On 3/15/06, Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at xfce.org> wrote:
> Jannis Pohlmann schreef:
> > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:08:25 -0800
> > "Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> >
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> >> SJM Arts wrote:
> >>> I know development for 4.4 is now (slowly) entering a new stage,
> >>> one of bug-fixing and stabilizing.
> >>>
> >>> But, i would like to brainstorm with you about some possible
> >>> post-4.4 configuration stuff.
> >>>
> >>> At the moment, the configuration of the xfce-look-and-feel is done
> >>> in multiple mcs-plugins, one for gtk, one (or two, if you count the
> >>> wm-tweaks plugin in. ) for xfwm4, one for xfdesktop and one for the
> >>> splash-screen.
> >>>
> >>> Can it be integrated in one look-and-feel configuration utility?
> >>>
> >>> I understand that the current setting is clear. But 4 different
> >>> locations to change the appearance of xfce i find a bit weird.
> >> I agree with you on principle: it's definitely much more usable to
> >> have all the look and feel stuff in one dialog box.  It's another
> >> case of thinking like a programmer: gtk, xfwm4, xfdesktop, etc., are
> >> all their own entities, and so have their own separate stuff.
> >> Whereas from the user perspective, you might want to look at it from
> >> a task-oriented model: "I want to change how my environment looks;
> >> how do I do that?"
> >>
> >> However, xfce is intended to be modular, and can work with components
> >> swapped out.  So this wouldn't really work, I don't think.
> >
> > What, if the MCS manager would have an API for the plugins to register
> > to a certain "category" (like "user-interface", "devices", "printing"
> > etc.)? I'm not sure how MCS works, but I could imagine something
> > like .desktop files (as they are used in the panel) with a
> > X-XFCE-MCS-CATEGORY key or something like that.
> >
> > If plugins would define this, the MCS manager could group them more
> > easily.
>
> Yes, this is probably the easiest way to allow grouping without giving
> up the modularity. An extra entry in the plugin struct would probably be
> enough.
>
> There would still be separate dialogs, but they will perhaps be easier
> to find.
>
> If we want to combine settings from different modules in a single
> dialog, the changes required will be a lot more drastic, and
> consequently take a lot more effort.
>
>         Jasper
>
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