[Kde-games-devel] KMines SVG

[Mauricio Piacentini]

Johann Ollivier Lapeyre wrote:
 > Why? other games have a background too (katomic, knetwalk...). And the
 > background is just in the SVG itself.

In KMahjongg users can configure backgrounds and tilesets separately, 
and the same is (or was?) possible in other apps for the KDE3 series, 
like Kpat.

But you have a point, it might be better to consider the background an 
integrated part of the theme, at least for some applications. So the 
question turns into theme selection and switching, which is easier to 
plan. For KMines I will add additional elements, then:

-Background
-Playfield delimiters - frame (corners, top, left, right, bottom)
-Score and Timer areas
-Smiley button states

The metadata theme file (.desktop) would contain localizable data and 
metrics for the elements, much like the current ones used for KMahjongg 
tilesets,

Theme authors will then be more or less free to implement these elements 
with transparency or not, or simply not include some elements if they do 
not fit their overall goal. With something like this I guess you would 
be able to implement a design based on the mockup you posted, right?

Regards,
Mauricio