From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Fri Aug 6 07:18:04 2010 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=xhdCubKYClSXBATBVQa8rKFhMfXPsAC34ytivT8vVFY=; b=xFohGVDcBZ8uytTzU3DajkG4ftFP+LJfdOqNgDMhAO5e/oqkn9/mXQFn064bIeA82Z LBkx+1gBh/xCtUtL2txz0wHs6xbQAFNjxEU8L1mcoMgLstDPVKWAEsENCn0q9k8fAkwo 81acxeoZ9tF7VxsesHEtn74ZoCZK5cd+LJwsM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=CikuqrZ5SbN70lWK1G2G/F5VasdX5dDuOj4Eq3Ue1w3UWDic3I1fi+5ZXLSY9uee00 R1miixujTqviatGgEU9fuoCkrkwT16ObLU0oUuoxXEbvcboRsU9h2Ds3FivGH3osCi9V ZdWIf/BySaAeXUkdECM1cOEEICrne1fWv+LLs= Subject: Re: [MiNT] XaAES Gradients Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Peter Persson In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:15:57 +0200 Cc: mint Message-Id: References: <5499E7FB-67C6-4E2E-A139-3F16E5D82C2D@gmail.com> To: Paul Wratt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: pep.fishmoose@gmail.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mail.sparemint.org id o76BI3UH016345 6 aug 2010 kl. 03.36 skrev Paul Wratt: >> Shouldn't this be solved by providing an external API to it all? My impression >> is that XaAES has fairly sophisticated theme handling internally, but right >> now all we have is hardcoded coder-colours. Extended texture patches and >> new patches for new hard coded themes doesn't really feel like the answer >> to it all. Feels like a waste of resources for something that in the end is a >> matter of taste for each user. > > "matter of taste" - Yes, which is why I suggested a yellow set for > this point release, as apart front the yellow/gold window title bar, ---- yadda yadda --- > easier to do if there is more info and examples on gradients (and > textures) in the CVS (there is none atm, except the code itself) This is not the right way to do it. The API is nearly finished internally, so instead of wasting precious energy on some hack, spend that energy on bringing an external API to the users. Note: Just a suggestion, but writing a huge novel with each post means some of us won't read it. -- PeP