Fonts and Containments

[Sebastian Kuegler]

Right now, Plasma::Widget::font() returns QApplication::font(), so it ignores 
KGlobalSettings, and especially the settings from it that would be relevant 
to Plasma: desktopFont() and taskbarFont(). (Those are the ones you set up 
via KControl^WSystem Settings.)

Here are a couple of thoughts about that, after a short brainstorm with Chani 
on IRC.

- The difference between desktopFont() and taskbarFont() is not fully 
  compatible with Plasma's world order

- Closest match is probably relating those two to formfactors

- We can do without having everyone decide on which font to use by providing 
  the right one from Widget::font(), proposed(, ugly, hackish) patch attached.
  The problem with this patch is that it only checks if there's a 
  managingLayout() managing the size. If someone has a better suggestion how 
  to tell if we're inside a panel or not (and if that is valid anyway in the 
  Plasma World Order, POW), shoot.

- taskbarFont() is in kdelibs as of 4.0, so it cannot be removed or renamed 
  (to panelFont() for example)

- desktopFont() is not in kdelibs / kglobalsettings, I've a patch here that 
  adds it (depending on the outcome of this discussion, I'll send it to k-c-d 
  for review)

I think making those changes does actually make *some* sense, but I'm not 
quite sure how we want to move forward with this ...
-- 
sebas

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