On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 12:53 +0200, Stephan Arts wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to propose starting to work on a specification for metathemes. > > Theme packages which are equipped with multitude of themes, like Gtk+, > metacity, icons, cursors, wallpapers, xfwm4, KDE-theme-manager, Kwin, > kde-sounds... etc. > > With the introduction of these 'meta-theme'-packages (lacking a better > word for it), artists will be able to provide the user with a complete > UI experience in one go. > > However, this is only going to work if it is going to encapsulate > existing theme standards. A metatheme not being a theme by itself, but > a package of different real themes, aimed towards providing the user > with a complete set of icons, wm-themes, wallpaper(s), cursors and > widget-styles. > > Typically, a metatheme package can be a .tar.gz archive, containing > the different themes in folders: > > /gtk-2/ > /metacity/ > /xfwm4/ > /kth/ > /kwin/ > /icons/ > /wallpapers/ > > And an index.metatheme or metatheme.xml file containing information > about the contents of the package. Like which components are > available, a package might not contain an xfwm4 theme for example, and > the author, license and release-version/date information. > > Extensions of some sort might be nice to have too. > > Example: > Some gtk-themes might require a theme-engine to work correctly. The > metatheme package should be aware of this so implementations can > inform the user about such requirements. > > I would like to know what you think about this. >
I'd start by looking at existing solutions...what you are asking for largely works today in Gnome, I'm sure it does in KDE, too. _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
