[kde-doc-english]Re: Brushes in KOffice?

[Malcolm Hunter]

Hi Thomas,

On Friday 19 Jul 2002 11:04, you wrote:
> Could you please have a look at the usage of the term "brush" in KOffice,
> eg in KPresenter and Kontour? If I choose a fill for KPresenter object I'm
> offered a "gradient fill" (which is okay) and a "brush" fill. There are
> also all sorts of "brush settings" (apparently coming from #:
> styledia.cc:259 etc.)
>
> IMO, this has absolutely nothing to do with the usual "brushes" in graphics
> programs and is totally misleading. I think what is meant here are "solid
> fills" or "uniform fills" as a counterpart to the gradients.
>
> Changing all this would of course mean a lot of new strings. But, to me,
> this looks totally confusing and should at least be discussed in the lists
> if I'm not missing something.

I finally managed to get around to compiling KOffice so I could see the 
problem. In Control Center, "Flat" is used, when talking about the opposite 
to "Gradient". It's not "solid" if you use a pattern, and "uniform" would 
sound a bit odd.

What do you think?

Regards,
Malcolm
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