kubuntu kdebase patches to plasma

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> On November 12, 2009, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
>> kubuntu_19_always_show_kickoff_subtext.diff, the subtexts in kickoff
>> sometimes show always and sometimes on mouse over, this makes that
>> consistent.  It's been discussed here before.
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekubuntu-members/kdebase-workspace/ubuntu/ann
>> otate/head%3A/debian/patches/kubuntu_19_always_show_kickoff_subtext.diff
>
> this patch is, usability-wise, wrong. the subtexts are shown when
> disambiguation is necessary. otherwise you need to mouse over them to figure
> out what's what.

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting only showing the
subtext when there are multiple applications and not for any other
applications? And do you mean on by default or mouseover (your comment
is ambiguous)?




>> kubuntu_71_default_plasma_layout.diff has our changes to the default
>> layout.  We used to do this with a config file override but that was
>> unreliable.  It adds the microblog applet to the desktop (social from the
>>  start, all the rage).  It adds quickaccess, showdesktop, networkmanagement
>>  and our indicatordisplay applets to the panel.  The clock shows the date
>>  by default, because I like to know what day it is.
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekubuntu-members/kdebase-workspace/ubuntu/ann
>> otate/head%3A/debian/patches/kubuntu_71_default_plasma_layout.diff
>
> in 4.4 and beyond, you should use a plasma-desktop javascript for this. all
> the flexibility you could ever want and then some, and you won't need to carry
> a patch. see the docs in kdebase/workspace/plasma/design/plasma-desktop-
> scripting and the examples in kdeexamples.
>
>> kubuntu_91_plasma_autostart_condition.desktop is added so we can stop
>> plasma-desktop being run for netbook edition.  It would be good to
>> find a better way to select between plasma-desktop and plasma-netbook,
>> preferably as an X session at KDM.
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekubuntu-members/kdebase-workspace/ubuntu/ann
>> otate/head%3A/debian/patches/kubuntu_91_plasma_autostart_condition.desktop
>
> marco recently implemented this for 4.4. marco can elaborate.
>
>> kubuntu_101_brightness_fn_keys_and_osd.diff adds a brightness on
>> screen widget for brightness keys, it also needs patches to Qt and
>> kdelibs to work
>> http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Ekubuntu-members/kdebase-workspace/ubuntu/ann
>> otate/head%3A/debian/patches/kubuntu_101_brightness_fn_keys_and_osd.diff
>
> if the patch is upstreamed in Qt, we can take a look at this one more closely.
>
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Celeste Lyn Paul
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