Re: [E-devel] E SVN: davemds trunk/e/src/modules/conf_theme

[Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...>]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:57:07 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri"
<bar...@pr...> babbled:

> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Toma <tom...@gm...> wrote:
> > 2008/12/10 Dave Andreoli <da...@gu...>:
> >>
> >> ----- "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <bar...@pr...> ha scritto:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Enlightenment SVN
> >>> <no-...@en...> wrote:
> >>> > Log:
> >>> >   * Use the new Exchange Smart Object in the E17 theme dialog (if
> >>> exchange is installed)
> >>>
> >>> couple of comments:
> >>>   - as I reported to you the other day on irc, rating stars are over
> >>> text description.
> >>
> >> This is because I use only one text object, there are 2 <br> after the
> >> version number that should leave enought space for the stars.
> >> One simple solution is to use 2 different text object per every theme,
> >> but I don't want to duplicate the number of objects in the scene.
> >> So the question is: why the textblock will render <br> differently
> >> on your machine? maybe we are using a different font?
> >> Someone else have the same problem?
> >>
> >>>   - delay heavy operations before dialog is displayed. So far it
> >>> takes
> >>> a lot to show the window, which is very bad. (Some other E dialogs
> >>> are
> >>> like that, mainly those that deal with freedesktop.org .desktop
> >>> files)
> >>
> >> Yes I know, exchange block the mainloop while dowloading and parsing the
> >> xml file. very bad. I'm working for a new nonblocking approach, will be up
> >> asap.
> >>
> >>>   - scrollbar starts at 100%, when you click it goes to the real (or
> >>> smaller) size.
> >>
> >> thanks didn't noticed.
> >>
> >>>   - local files lack description and screenshot
> >>
> >> IMO this is more a lack in the themes, I suggest to add the description
> >> and the screenshot directly inside every theme edje file. (Toma: ping)
> >> This could also be usefull in the exchange site, to autogenerate themes
> >> pages.
> >>
> >
> > You dont need images to preview Edje files. Theyre edje! iamsthithas
> > original idea was to be able to fully generate a preview from the
> > edje. If you make a fake little environment, wallpaper, a fake window,
> > a shelf with 2 or 3 icons on it, you get the idea. The other problem
> > in using an image is the size. A fully preview image would not
> > compress that well with edje. The other option is to download the
> > screenshot from exchange. IIRC the api does allow for this. I think if
> > you have a good enough preview, then a description is not really
> > needed. That being said, it would be easy enough to add more to the
> > theme details spec.
> 
> creating live-edje previews is only doable if you use an extra canvas,
> render it there and then rescale. Although edje parts can be scalable,
> it must not be, and many parts are not...
> 
> I'm for having 2 sizes preview with lossy compression, one for 128x128
> and another for 512x512.

e has a "livethumb" object just for this purpose... :) (live scaled down
previews). if u have a full edje file - e's thumbnailer just needs to be
smarter about generating thumbs for themes as all it does it generate the
wallpaper of the theme.

that reminds me... epsilon could do with replacing e_thumb?

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