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

[Gary L. Greene, Jr.]

On Wednesday 15 November 2006 17:09, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> 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
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There is some amount of code involved, though not too much. If you read up on 
C++ a bit and take a look at hte style tutorial on developer.kde.org, you 
should be able to create a theme.

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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