Hello, I'm packaging TDE for RHEL and Fedora, but trying to keep each distribution specific artwork (at least, the default wallpaper, and the default "start" button in kicker). That way, TDE looks like it is integrated in each distro.
To do so, I currently modify the default 'startkde' script, so that default user preference file are created upon first login. In fact, there are ubuntu-specific stuff in the default startkde script, I just wrote a patch that replaces ubuntu stuff with RHEL/Fedora stuff.
For example, something like this is done in startkde for RHEL/Fedora:
if [ ! -e $kdehome/share/config/kdesktoprc ]; then cat <<EOF >$kdehome/share/config/kickerrc [KMenu] CustomIcon=/usr/share/pixmaps/redhat-starthere.png EOF fi
if [ ! -e $kdehome/share/config/kickerrc ]; then cat >$kdehome/share/config/kdesktoprc <<EOF [Desktop0] Wallpaper=/usr/share/backgrounds/verne/default/standard/verne.png WallpaperMode=Scaled EOF fi
Now, I do not want to maintain patches the startkde script anymore, for distribution-specific purposes. What is the correct place to set these settings ?
BTW, I already found that: TDM wallpaper: set in tdebase/tdm/kfrontend/gentdmconf.c TDE wallpaper set via kpersonalizer: tdebase/kpersonalizer/keyecandypage.cpp
Should we consider an easy way (e.g. a cmake directive ...) to put the distribution-specific artwork at build time ?
Thanks Francois
2012/3/5 François ANDRIOT francois.andriot@free.fr:
Hello, I'm packaging TDE for RHEL and Fedora, but trying to keep each distribution specific artwork (at least, the default wallpaper, and the default "start" button in kicker). That way, TDE looks like it is integrated in each distro.
To do so, I currently modify the default 'startkde' script, so that default user preference file are created upon first login. In fact, there are ubuntu-specific stuff in the default startkde script, I just wrote a patch that replaces ubuntu stuff with RHEL/Fedora stuff.
This ubuntu stuff should be removed - anything extra should patched distro by distro I think.
Should we consider an easy way (e.g. a cmake directive ...) to put the distribution-specific artwork at build time ?
I think a distro-agnostic way to do it would be best - If cmake could handle this that would be good. TDE as a project should ship only distro independent packages, then packagers can add their stuff back in.
Calvin
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Calvin Morrison mutantturkey@gmail.com wrote:
2012/3/5 François ANDRIOT francois.andriot@free.fr:
Hello, I'm packaging TDE for RHEL and Fedora, but trying to keep each distribution specific artwork (at least, the default wallpaper, and the default "start" button in kicker). That way, TDE looks like it is integrated in each distro.
To do so, I currently modify the default 'startkde' script, so that default user preference file are created upon first login. In fact, there are ubuntu-specific stuff in the default startkde script, I just wrote a patch that replaces ubuntu stuff with RHEL/Fedora stuff.
This ubuntu stuff should be removed - anything extra should patched distro by distro I think.
Should we consider an easy way (e.g. a cmake directive ...) to put the distribution-specific artwork at build time ?
I think a distro-agnostic way to do it would be best - If cmake could handle this that would be good. TDE as a project should ship only distro independent packages, then packagers can add their stuff back in.
I actually had one of my friends ask me why I suddenly started using Ubuntu -- he recognized the logo on one of the icons and heard me talking about Linux awhile back (he could vividly remember me describing the problems I had with Ubuntu in my days as a young grasshopper in the world of Linux).
The artwork definitely needs to be generic. Even the TDM reference to Ubuntu needs changed -- I changed the theme the other day and when I turned on my laptop next, I was greeted with "Welcome to Ubuntu" (or something to that effect).
Adding distro-agnositc options to cmake to change icons that most distros would change is definitely a good idea. Possibly even for the default greeting for KDM.
-- Kristopher Gamrat
The artwork definitely needs to be generic. Even the TDM reference to Ubuntu needs changed -- I changed the theme the other day and when I turned on my laptop next, I was greeted with "Welcome to Ubuntu" (or something to that effect).
TDM greeting was patched in GIT --- Hash ca767ece, 2012-01-11. :)
Darrell
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