Review Request 120880: Import window switchers from KWin repository

[Martin Gräßlin]

> On Oct. 29, 2014, 4:06 p.m., Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > That means that other desktop enviornments cannot really use KWin without installing at least one l&f package anymore, right? Could that be a problem, or is KWin no fun without any L&Fs installed, anyway, even without that change?

I already prepared a blog post and addressed the implication. Verbatim quote from the draft:

> The change has also some implications for users of non Plasma desktop environments wanting to use KWin as their window manager. By moving the switchers out, KWin removes some of the Plasma dependencies. All switchers provided by KWin are using Plasma components, the default switcher is part of the design concept for Plasma 5 following the same idea as other similar components. Thus KWin had a direct dependency on Plasma with the window switchers. This is now kind of solved by not offering any switcher at all.

> My suggestion for desktop environment projects wanting to use KWin is to provide their own default Look'n'Feel package with a Window and Desktop switcher specific for their environment. On the other hand I don't see a problem with providing a simple fallback theme in KWin. And of course there are still the Desktop Effects for switching between Windows (CoverSwitch and FlipSwitch) installed by default and just need to be enabled.


- Martin


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On Oct. 29, 2014, 8:50 a.m., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 29, 2014, 8:50 a.m.)
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> Review request for kwin and Plasma.
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> Repository: kdeplasma-addons
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> Description
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> It was decided that the default window switcher goes into the
> look and feel package and all other window switchers go into
> kdeplasma-addons. This means KWin does no longer offer any window
> switchers.
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> Diffs
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>   windowswitchers/small_icons/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/small_icons/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/text/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/text/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/thumbnails/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/thumbnails/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/present_windows/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/present_windows/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/informative/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/compact/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/informative/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/big_icons/metadata.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/compact/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/big_icons/contents/ui/main.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   CMakeLists.txt 09180ea05aa4dad12a1788c72abc082707cf08af 
>   windowswitchers/CMakeLists.txt PRE-CREATION 
>   windowswitchers/IconTabBox.qml PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120880/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Martin Gräßlin
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