Hi all, as i've came pretty much on a stale mate at the development of a particular feature, I'll try to describe it as better as i can, so maybe I can get some fresh ideas. branch, mart/separateLookAndFeelLayout review https://phabricator.kde.org/D2345
the behavior is: * look and feel packages bring a layout.js javascript file with them * right now it's used only if the lnf package is set in kdeglobals before the first time plasmashell starts * with the new branch, the whole plasma shell will get unloaded, and reloaded with the new layout.js from the new selected lnf package * plasmashell has a different config file per lnf package * when switching from one to another, by default it would use the config file saved previously, if present, in order to minimize data loss (otherwise switching lnf becomes a very destructive operation) * but still need an option to reset to the default layout: when switching, the kcm could just delete the config file before switching lnf, but to reset the current lnf a different way could be needed * at the moment i have a reloadDefaultLayout() method exposed to dbus: i hate it as exposing a dbus method that destroys the current setup doesn't look good at all (again to be the least desrtuctive possible) * a function to dump the current layout in javascript is provided by plasmashell, so a separate utility can create a new lnf layout from the current setup: makes easier creation by users to publish on kdelook. did i explain it clearly? as you can see on https://phabricator.kde.org/D2345 (and the very long discussion on it) it's still something that needs work, and there is still not really much agreement on it. I really need it in for 5.8 (as look and feel packages would be a prominent content of the new ocs server), but time is getting close, and i'm not sure about it at all, in a word.. i need help :( -- Marco Martin
