Implementing a plasma colorscheme generator

[Andrew]

On Friday, August 4, 2017 7:03:43 PM EDT Aleix Pol wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Andrew <aparker314159 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On donderdag 3 augustus 2017 18:45:24 CEST Aleix Pol wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Marco Martin <notmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > On Thursday 03 August 2017 11:51:08 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >> Perhaps a nice addition to plasma-sdk? We already have cuttlefish,
> >> >> >> theme explorer, and the Look and Feel creator thing there, a color
> >> >> >> scheme creation tool looks right up its alley...
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > theme explorer has a color scheme editor too, so you can just have it
> >> >> > as a feature of theme-explorer
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd say the use-case for such a program is to be able to change the
> >> >> color scheme as the background image changes, not something people
> >> >> will want to use because they can't actually create a color scheme.
> >> >
> >> > Right. So this could be an option in the Colors KCM, but then it should be
> >> > triggered by wallpaper changes, which also means by Activity changes.
> >> > Also, what about multiscreens? They have different wallpapers...
> >>
> >> *Shrug* :)
> >>
> >> Andrew?
> >>
> >
> > Currently the program generates a colorscheme file, that can then be selected
> > in the Colors KCM. I think it would be best to add it as an option to the KCM,
> > since changing the colorscheme with the background would get distracting and
> > hard to do.
> >
> > What I think I'll do is make it so you choose a single image to generate a
> > colorscheme from, which is then placed in the local directory of colorschemes
> > and is selected in the colors KCM.
> 
> Then maybe you just want to have a specific application that does that
> and has an "apply" button on it? Sounds like a random feature to have
> in a KCM to me: A button to open an image sounds intricate.
> 
> Aleix

Agreed. I guess I'll just make the application callable from the KCM, and have a colorscheme preview and an apply button there.