Review Request: Remove confusing destkop-theme-details kcm from system-settings

[Andrew Lake]

> On 2010-05-13 09:01:41, Marco Martin wrote:
> > it could be launched from a button that in turn resides into the theme kcm (that should really be moved from where it now to desktop appearance)
> > but both of those things are quite too late for the freeze i think
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> Aaron Seigo wrote:
>     "that should really be moved from where it now to desktop appearance"
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>     this is residual from the reorgnization. we only just recently merged all the appearance kcms and then some people went and messed around with the kcm ordering in system settings. we have a whole new kind of mess on our hands now. i told them this would happen; i really wish people would listen to me a bit more. :/
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>     anyways ... yes, i agree that a path from the simple "pick a theme" that covers most needs to the more complex "create a custom theme" tool is what's called for here. i don't think it's too late for the freeze though, this is some pretty bad usability.

I wrote the the kcm and I've really struggled with where it should go or how the name could perhaps be changed to better reflect what it does, or how else it could be improved.  I've also just considered removing it and maintaining it as a separate app.  I confess it really can be confusing when users are hunting down where to change the theme when the current theme changer in on a tab in Style and this kcm shows up a the top level (albeit under Advanced).  No ego here.  If hiding/removing it is best, I'm fine with that.


- Andrew


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On 2010-05-13 02:46:20, Jeremy Whiting wrote:
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> (Updated 2010-05-13 02:46:20)
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> Review request for Plasma.
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> Summary
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> desktop-theme-details kcm is very confusing on  first run.  Many users expect it to set the global default plasma theme, and most users probably don't even care for the functionality it exposes.  So this patch hides it, and it can still be called by kcmshell4 destkopthemedetails.
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> I am willing to write a script that calls kcmshell4 desktopthemedetails but wonder if the users that care to use this probably know that command already anyway.
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> Also, I thought of making this into a standalone app like oxygen-settings, but as a kcm it can be re-introduced into a "TweakUi" like app at a later time if someone wants to write such a thing. :)
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> Diffs
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>   /trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/plasma/tools/desktopthemedetails/desktopthemedetails.desktop 1123694 
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> Diff: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/3960/diff
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> Testing
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> Built and installed with this change, and it works here. kcmshell4 destkopthemedetails still launches it even though it doesn't appear in system-settings any longer.
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> Thanks,
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> Jeremy
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