On Monday 12 January 2009, Marco Martin wrote: > On Monday 12 January 2009, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > On Monday 12 January 2009, Nuno Pinheiro wrote: > > > > define "randomly" > > > > > > The idea for this case was that plasmoid A gets the same exact look > > > every time but the bg of plasmoid A is diferent from plasmoid B. > > > > does it matter what the widget is (e.g. "digital-clock") or just that > > it's the same for that same widget when plasma re-loads? > > > > e.g. would it be alright to randomly pick a location for the applet > > background effect for each widget and then stick to that? or do we need > > to hardcode positions for, e.g., "digital-clock"? (that actually wouldn't > > work in practice, but i'll ask anyways to figure out what you're planning > > =) > > > > there are five ways this could be done without being too crazy: > > > > * hardcoded locations for different widgets. this could be done > > per-widget, allowing them to specify where the effect "looks best". in > > this manner, all widgets of the same type would have complete control > > over its positioning and each instance of that type of widget would look > > identical. this does remove some of the control from the theme designer > > as the widget would now be involved in saying where the effect should > > appear. > > in metadata.desktop? wouldn't be a bit excessive?
i think so, yes. =) i was just asking the quesions though, not providing the answers. you countered with more questions though. touche! ;) > > * random position whenever a widget is created. this would result in > > every widget having a (potentially) unique position, and this position > > would change between launches of plasma. > > hmm, fear it would look messy and most important it would kill the cache there can be a finite number of unique positions, e.g. 3 or 5 or 100. what matters is how they are selected: deterministically or randomly (oh my, what loaded terms! let's not drift off into existentialistic discussions here though ;) > > * random position whenever a widget is *first* created. this would result > > in every widget having a (potentially) unique position, but the position > > would remain constant between launches of plasma > > maybe two digital clock is better they look the same? not sure about that i don't think it matters, personally. =) -- Aaron J. Seigo humru othro a kohnu se GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Software
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