Help figuring out theming problem

[Marco Martin]

On Sunday 14 December 2008, Jamboarder wrote:
> I've been working on updating Aya for the 4.2 release.  However, I've been
> running into a few problems that I'm having trouble figuring out.  Below
> are some screenshot links showing my problems (click on image to show full
> size).
it's quite a while i'm banging my head on those issues and still have no idea 
:/

> http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ayacorrectej4.png shows an example
> of the correctly rendered version of Aya (default color scheme) for 4.2 . 
> I can only get this though if the Plasma::Theme cache is disabled
> (cacheTheme = false) and after a re-login.
>
> http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ayafromoxygenwu2.png shows what
> currently happens when I switch from Oxygen to Aya.  The borders are either
> missing or messy. A re-login doesn't fix it if the Plasma::Theme cache is
> enabled (as it is by default) since the cache persists across sessions.
>
> For some reason this only occurs with some themes. For example Clean-Blend
> and Slim Glow seem to work fine, but Elegance and Heron shows the problem. 
> I've tried looking at the svgs for the themes that don't show the problem
> but I can't quite figure it out. Strangely, this updated version of Aya, as
> well as Elegance  and Heron, works fine in my Kubuntu KDE 4.1.3 session.
>
> One additional pic:
> http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afterayacorrectzr3.png show what
> happens after changing back to Oxygen from a correctly rendered Aya theme.
>
> If there's something I'm doing wrong with the theme svgs for 4.2, any ideas
> would be greatly appreciated.  The latest version of the theme is already
> checked in.
>
> much respect and thanks for any help,
> Andrew (Jamboarder) Lake
>
> P.S. Let me know if you're unable to see the pics.