[kde-linux] Risc OS Style -- Where Did It Go and Why?

[Hal Vaughan]

On Wednesday 15 November 2006 16:37, Gary L. Greene, Jr. wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 November 2006 10:34, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 05:39, ne... wrote:
> > > On Nov 14, 2006 at 22:17, Hal Vaughan in a soothing rage wrote:
> > > > A while back I used to use the Risc OS style, which I liked. 
> > > > The scroll bars looked like some type of stone.  Somewhere
> > > > along the line I saw this style disappear and has not come
> > > > back.  Is there a reason for this?  Why would it be removed?
> > >
> > > On my openSUSE 10.1 system, KDE 3.5.5, which I am on at the
> > > moment, this style is available. Fire up control centre and
> > > navigate to: Appearance & Themes -> Window Decorations -> Window
> > > Decoration
> >
> > Thanks, but that does only the buttons in the title bar, not any
> > widgets like the scroll bar or checkboxes or radio buttons.
> >
> > Hal
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> The Risc OS style became unmaintained and was removed from releases
> of KDE since it had not been updated to the latest KStyle API.

Just how much work does that take?  Are styles like that just bitmaps 
for KDE to use for widgets, or is there programming code involved as 
well?

Hal