Re: Supporting more color schemes

[Giuseppe Fuggiano <giuseppe fuggiano gmail com>]

Hi Jens,

Jens Granseuer wrote:
> One thing that you are (conveniently) overlooking is that /usr is a
> non-writable area for users.

I just given an example (writing "i.e. /usr/share/colorschemes/"). I
only wanted to explain the idea I had, not a thing I actually want to
make work yet. The idea is a directory in which we could "install" a
colour scheme set. Btw, in my opinion this is a convenient way to
manage schemes as well as themes ((un)install themes deals with /usr)
that solves the problem of sharing locally and world wide (again, as
well as themes).

> Due to the fact that the directory you
> propose lies outside the currently defined boundaries of themes
> (ie. /usr/share/themes/) this setup won't work with the currently
> existing theme distribution format, either (e.g. it won't work with
> the theme installer).

Sometimes to implement a new feature in a project, programmers have to
re-think some part of it in order to do a good job, in general.

> Anyway, I'm not convinced that decoupling the colour scheme from
> the theme is a good idea. I'd actually question whether sharing colour
> schemes and (un)installing them separately is a scenario that's useful
> to users beyond a core group of "theming nerds".

I am not a theming nerd... so, ask to Andrea Cimitan for this question
(he is convinced).

Giuseppe