Skulpture artwork (RFC)
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Try 0.2.1.3 snapshot, and tell me if this is what you ment. [/quote] 
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Hi, from version >=0.2.0.3 I am not able to build skulpture on gentoo. There is some problem with linking:
What is wrong there? How can I fix it? Thanks for any hint.
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Since 0.2.1.4, I can't compile Skulpture anymore. With new 0.2.1.5, I have the same problems:
Any ideas why? Edit: Now it's working. But I have to use "sudo sh install.sh" since 0.2.1.4/0.2.1.5 instead of normal "sh install.sh" to get it working?
Last edited by KFreak on Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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A new year, a new release
 I am going to add (optional) buttons on scrollbars that place the slider at the top/bottom position (see right click menu), and I need suggestions for the artwork of those buttons. @SeaJey, the preview not updating is a KDE "feature" (it never worked, as far as I know). For the KTitleWidget, I have no control over the text position, as it may be more than just a single text line (see about dialogs). Regarding your large window title bars, that seems to be a problem with the font you are using; it has a very large fontHeight() value, maybe try looking for a different font. I cropped additional 4 pixels from the window title bar margins, but setting anything lower than value 4 results in blurry symbols, because the symbols are made actually smaller than the font height. @KejPi, it's a gentoo problem, but I reverted KDE4Workspace detection to pre-4.2 code, until gentoo fixes it. @KFreak, build script change has been reverted in 0.2.2, thanks for reporting!
Christoph Feck
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I would be good if I can choose rounded corner or not. I personally perfer rounded.
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Skulpture in KDE 4.1
 Skulpture in KDE 4.2rc1  Look at the margins between items in places - they are to big now, things even worse in Open/Save dialog. Item highlighting in kmail another point - little bit intrusive now:  In contrast Places with Oxygen style in KDE 4.2rc1:  Though target highlighting in kmail still bold.
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SeaJey, I reopened bug 177807 for kfileplacesview.cpp, so hopefully the places panel spacing regression will be fixed in a later KDE release. In the meantime, you can make the "Groups" margins smaller (see Skulpture "Layout" configuration page), it affects the places panel. Thanks for noticing.
Regarding the coloring of alternating lines: You need to adjust the KDE View palette, I think it is just called "Alternate Background". The bold frame isn't rendered by the style, so you should report it as a KMail bug.
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Does anyone know of a good plasma theme that compliments Skulpture? I really like the widget style, but it clashes with the smooth, rounded Oxygen plasma theme (especially with widgets). The closest I have found is the "Professional" plasma theme, but it's rather incomplete.
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Elegance or Perfection.
But there is no yet plasma theme with true square corners.
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New problem:
I can not now change some settings:  When changing values in Sculpture settings they are saved when you checing them again. But when I'm pushing Acept button in Sistem Settings module - they are rejecting to default values. Using Skulpture 0.2.2.1 and KDE 4.2 in kubuntu 8.10 amd64
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Hi! Just wanted to say that I love the Skulpture theme for KDE
I'm using it at the moment, but I think it would be even better if it included some more animations - something like gradually highlighting buttons, menu items, and stuff like that when you move your mouse over them (right now it happens instantly), and even smooth transitions between tabs like in Bespin  Do you have anything like that in your plans for Skulpture?
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@Moo: Animation has to feel natural to not disturb the user's experience. Ask any professional movie creator what his opinion about fadeing and zooming is. Nevertheless a PC movie application has to offer hundreds of fades and effects for the "unprofessional".
This does not mean I am all against animation in a GUI; in fact a movie is not a static picture either. But getting it right needs a lot of experience, and a lot of understanding about motion and physics. Multiply that with the few hours I can spend on hacking, you should not expect results soon. @SeaJey, the only explanation I have is that you are mixing different Skulpture versions. Try finding all files that have skulpture in name (also the .ini file), remove them, and do a fresh install of the style. Restart KDE. If the problem persists, you need to be more specific on how I can reproduce it.
Christoph Feck
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Sounds reasonable: I was using packages from repos at first, than I compiled Skulpture by hand:
So I will try to purge and clean Skulpture's stuff and retry installation.
Last edited by SeaJey on Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:38 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi! Thanks for the reply I totally agree that such effects are good only if they are done right. But, in my opinion, if they are done right they are much better than not having them. When it comes to natural things, in nature nothing ever happens totally instantly, it's always gradually even if it's very quickly. My personal impression after using GUIs that have animations like that (for example, KDE 4's Plasma, or Windows Vista) is that when you move your mouse over a button and it highlights gradually, it feels a lot more natural than when it happens instantly.
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@zak89, there is now "Atelier", a nice Skulpture compatible Plasma theme, thanks to jamboarder (of Aya fame): http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Atelier?content=99440
@SeaJay, is your configuration problem solved? Three other issues I would like to get feedback about: 1. Does anyone also get an ugly black rendering in KRunner input line with a light Plasma color scheme, or is it just me? Is there anything else that needs to be fixed? I would like to release a final 0.2.3 soon. 2. Regarding roundness in Skulpture, which elements should be rounded? I was thinking about tab headers, buttons, and sliders, with the rest (basically all fields) kept angular. Your opinion? 3. I am thinking about making Skulpture a KDE style starting with 0.3.x, without possibility to compile a pure Qt version. Background is that KDE is now available on all major platforms. Objections?
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