[kde] [Bug 400194] Wishlist: Bring back screensaver in kde menus

[Ryan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400194

Ryan <rhajdaj at yahoo.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|WORKSFORME                  |---
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED

--- Comment #2 from Ryan <rhajdaj at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> You can create a screensaver effect by adding an animated background of some
> sort to your lock screen, which, as of Plasma 5.13, goes out of its way to
> support this by only showing the clock by default until you type or wiggle
> the mouse. This allows most of the screen to show whatever pretty animated
> effect you like, and there's a wide assortment of plugins available on
> store.kde.org. In Plasma 5.15, you can even download new ones straight from
> the background/plugin chooser interface.

Hi, thanks for the response.  The newest plasma version I could find to test
was 5.14 (OpenSUSE rolling release aka Tumbleweed).  In this version, I tried
using the "Get New Wallpapers" option under the Screen Lock "Appearance"
screen.  I then searched for "animated" and found one viable match called
"Freedom flower (animated)".  After selecting this, the tool displayed 15 image
files selectable as the lock screen image.  After selecting one, that one image
was displayed (unanimated) when locking the screen.

I next tried store.kde.org and searched for "animated".  This brought me to a
match called "Gif wallpaper", a Plasma Wallpaper Plugin that, according to its
page, required the "apng image plugin for Qt".  The download file contained a
metadata.desktop file and contents folder, and I was unable to point the screen
lock settings page to them.

I understand the plugin download will be easier in Plasma 5.15, but I'd still
like to request something a little closer to KDE 3/4 where a package (i.e,
kdeartwork) is installed so that users can select from a handful of
screensavers without needing to access the network to install any plugins. 
Also integration/importing from Xscreensaver is a big plus as there are so many
great screensavers that have been written though the years.

That being said, great job.  What you have is really pretty.  Can't wait to run
KDE 5 on my pc.

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