Plasma::Theme use/growth guidelines

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Jamboarder wrote:
> As we improve on the many things plasma can do both functionally and
> visually, is it worth capturing some guidelines on when it makes sense to
> add new theme elements/functionality versus when to use existing
> functionality.  Perhaps even a list of recommended uses for each of the
> various general theming elements.  (As I write this, it is starting to
> sound much like part of a Plasma HIG/UIG).

that's exactly where it should end up, yes.

> Aaron committed the latest visual updates to the krunner dialog, where it
> mentions in the code comment FIXME that the divider line should be part of
> the SVG theme.  I'm not arguing against this specific code comment since
> the krunner visuals are really just being sorted. It did occur to me though
> that some visual elements may work sufficiently well by just employing the
> theme colors (without the need for a new SVG element).

this is what i have done for the divider line in krunner right now, actually 
..

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