[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Rooty
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #15 from Filip  ---
(In reply to Rog131 from comment #14)
> Few examples of the sddm themes with the option to set the font from the
> theme configuration file (theme.conf):
> 
> - https://github.com/MalditoBarbudo/solarized_sddm_theme
> - https://github.com/avivace/breeze2-sddm-theme

Thanks, I've seen those but was hoping it was possible to just use a config
file. 

BTW David, I've had a look at the LightDM GTK+ Greeter settings I referenced
before and they just don't bother with user installed stuff. Tested with a user
installed icon theme and a font, the settings just offers what is
system-installed.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Rog131
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--- Comment #14 from Rog131  ---
Few examples of the sddm themes with the option to set the font from the theme
configuration file (theme.conf):

- https://github.com/MalditoBarbudo/solarized_sddm_theme
- https://github.com/avivace/breeze2-sddm-theme

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #13 from Filip  ---
As for the impracticality caused by user-installed, I see the issue now.
Because there are desktop themes and plasma color schemes that are user
installed, this means we would have issues providing users with choosing the
icon theme and color scheme for SDDM? Maybe we can just note that we only
support choosing system-installed themes. Distros nowadays do package some more
known third-party themes. But even if we don't add this, we could still add
font choice and rendering options? At least font rendering shouldn't have to do
anything with user installed stuff, although for fonts there could be a problem
with non-systemwide installed fonts.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #12 from Filip  ---
Thanks David and Rog! It's good to know there are smarter solutions for
changing the icons.

David, by plasmathemerc did you mean plasmarc? I don't have a plasmathemerc
file. I copied plasmarc, kdeglobals and fontconfig to var/lib/sddm/.config,
deleted the sddm cache, but I'm still getting the default font settings.
Checked if maybe the font is not installed system-wide, but it is. I can
hardcode it in the theme, but it would be nicer to just copy some config file.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Rog131
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--- Comment #11 from Rog131  ---
(In reply to Rog131 from comment #10)
> About Breeze sddm theme icons
> 
> 
> Several ways to edit the theme icons:
> 
> 1) Edit the default plasma theme:
> https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-
> wallpaper?p=419060#post419060
> 
> 2) Edit the SDDM greeter:
> https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-
> wallpaper?p=401218=1#post401218
> 
> 3) Add a new default plasma theme to the 'sddm' home:
> https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-
> wallpaper?p=419060=1#post419060

... and the #1 should be:

1) Edit the default plasma theme:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-wallpaper?p=401216=1#post401216

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Rog131
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--- Comment #10 from Rog131  ---
About Breeze sddm theme icons


Several ways to edit the theme icons:

1) Edit the default plasma theme:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-wallpaper?p=419060#post419060

2) Edit the SDDM greeter:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-wallpaper?p=401218=1#post401218

3) Add a new default plasma theme to the 'sddm' home:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthread.php/67703-Kubuntu-video-wallpaper?p=419060=1#post419060

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #9 from David Edmundson  ---
>I simply don't know what the "relevant files" are

Mostly kdeglobals and plasmathemerc

However, if you're referencing themes that are not install system-wide you also
have a problem and need the relevant files from ~/.local/share  . This is one
of the key things that makes offering this selection somewhat inpractical.

>- wiped the Breeze icon theme and replaced it with another one -> does not work

Note that icons (both from regular theme and plasma theme are cached. The cache
for the sddm user needs wiping)

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread daniel roi
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--- Comment #8 from daniel roi  ---
(In reply to Filip from comment #7)
> Delete them and then insert icons of your choice. Will possibly have to do
> this every time Breeze gets updated.

Thanks, Filip. Better than nothing I guess.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-17 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #7 from Filip  ---
(In reply to daniel roi from comment #5)
> I just moved to KDE because it was supposedly "way more configurable" than
> Gnome, but seeing this request answered with a WONTFIX makes me wonder...
> So the only thing I can do to change the horrible icons in SDDM when using
> Breeze as KDE's main theme is to change the theme itself?

Update

*The bad news
It seems I was worng and that copying fontconfig and kdeglobals does not parse
your font choices and settings after all, at least not on this computer.What
you can do is grab a theme like NixOS and see where you need to hardcode your
font and its size. To affect rendering you need to look up what the QML
variable for it is and then add it for every textual element. 

*The good news
The icons files seem to be the following:
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/icons/battery.svgz]
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/icons/system.svgz]
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/icons/user.svgz]
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/widgets/arrows.svgz]
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/widgets/button.svgz]
[/usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/default/widgets/lineedit.svgz]

Delete them and then insert icons of your choice. Will possibly have to do this
every time Breeze gets updated.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-16 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #6 from Filip  ---
(In reply to daniel roi from comment #5)
> I just moved to KDE because it was supposedly "way more configurable" than
> Gnome, but seeing this request answered with a WONTFIX makes me wonder...
> So the only thing I can do to change the horrible icons in SDDM when using
> Breeze as KDE's main theme is to change the theme itself?

Indeed. When it comes to icons, here's what I tried and failed at:

- copied the entire .config folder into /var/lib/sddm/.config because as a user
I simply don't know what the "relevant files" are -> does not give desired
icons, but what I learned was that if you copy fontconfig and .kdeglobals it
will at least give you your desired fonts, fontsizes, font rendering and theme
colors)
- added an iconTheme value to theme.conf -> does not work
- edited main.qml so that the icon paths point directly to the icons I like ->
works, but sddm renders these icons terribly, even though they're of good
quality
- wiped the Breeze icon theme and replaced it with another one -> does not work
- wiped the Breeze desktop theme and replaced it with another one -> does not
work

So you can manually change some things with the Breeze theme, but I still have
no clue how to properly change the icons. And thanks to not making SDDM
customizable back when it was being implemented, as a consequence you now have
some third-party themes which hardcode additional stuff (e.g font), meaning you
possibly can't just elegantly parse values that would affect all themes into
/var/lib/sddm/.config anymore even if you wanted to implement what I proposed
here.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-08-16 Thread daniel roi
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--- Comment #5 from daniel roi  ---
I just moved to KDE because it was supposedly "way more configurable" than
Gnome, but seeing this request answered with a WONTFIX makes me wonder...
So the only thing I can do to change the horrible icons in SDDM when using
Breeze as KDE's main theme is to change the theme itself?

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-06-04 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #4 from Filip  ---
Also, even looking into KDE's own kdm and how it could have been configured we
can see that at least the font options were present:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/OAeug.gif

So the question is why was it not niche back then but is now. Also I would say
this uniformity problem theoretically affects everyone who does not use the
default aforementioned settings. While we do not have the numbers, surely this
subgroup is not that minuscule in number. And in that subgroup not all know how
to edit files and code. What is more, it's AFAIK not even documented how to
change these settings.

I do understand time constraints, among other things, as well as priorities,
but sorry, I simply don't see how cold-hard arguments can possibly go in favor
of the niche remark and consequently WONTFIX status. It's an issue of
uniformity, it represents a loss of features related to the kdm -> sddm
migration, a comparative weakness of using sddm to using lightdm and limits
customization for the regular user.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-06-04 Thread Filip
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

--- Comment #3 from Filip  ---
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1)
> Note you can copy any ~/.config into /var/lib/sddm
> 
> As for those options. It's too niche to deserve a UI, sorry.

While I can admit this is fairly minor, I cannot agree with the niche qualifier
since e.g. Windows or macOS would never allow having two different fonts in the
login screen and the desktop - it's unprofessional. Unless we gnomishly agree
that all users should use slightly hinted Noto Sans if they want uniformity,
it's also a bit of an infringement on customization. And I think the fact that
it's already included in a configuration tool for a different login manager
goes to show it's not that niche. 

Can you however provide some help with manual configuration? I don't know how a
config file could be written to override these settings. The best I could do is
change the code of the theme to change the font and the rendering, and very
inefficiently by having to edit it for every element. I have not figured out
how to change the icons since it does not wish to properly (= icons are
pixelated, but the files are quality enough) use the file I point it to.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-06-04 Thread Rooty
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--- Comment #2 from Rooty  ---
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1)
> Note you can copy any ~/.config into /var/lib/sddm
> 
> As for those options. It's too niche to deserve a UI, sorry.

Niche? I beg to differ. It's already possible to modify the font in every
aspect of Plasma except for the login screen. It's like saying the font
settings in systemsettings5 are niche because hardly anybody wants to or needs
to change their font settings at all. For people that do not want Noto Sans and
do not have technical expertise to fiddle around with ~/.config, there's a
constant mismatch between the login screen and the desktop.

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[systemsettings] [Bug 395027] [feature_request] Add additional options to sddm-kcm

2018-06-04 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395027

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--- Comment #1 from David Edmundson  ---
Note you can copy any ~/.config into /var/lib/sddm

As for those options. It's too niche to deserve a UI, sorry.

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