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Re: Plastick? Default?
by Anonymous on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @00:16

The documentation team withdrew their former objection due to new tools.

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by Tom on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @02:58

To clarify, they now have a tool that allows them to automatically generate screenshots in any style, in any language, for documentation.

Previous to this tool, a change in style would have required the docs team to manually retake and touch up *every* screenshot in the docs!

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by KDE User on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @04:20

sounds interesting. What tool is this. U have a link?

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by Nicolas Goutte on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @04:56

The discussion about switching to Plastik is in the thread http://lists.kde.org/?t=109500725600001&r=2&w=2

I do not remember the discussion enough to know if the tool was only described or if there was a real link somewhere in the discussion.

Have a nice day!

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by adsfa23143214 on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @05:10

Yes but where is the discussion where everyone agreed on switching to Plastik, including the Keramik maintainer?

It just happened and as a regular developer, I certainly don't remember agreeing :)

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by Nicolas Goutte on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @11:21

I do not think that the agreement to switch was made in this thread.

It was discussed many times before that changing the default style was needed. The only problem remaining was the documentation that had to remain synchronized with a change.

Have a nice day!

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by ac on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @07:12

KD Executor

http://dot.kde.org/1081440693/

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by JohnFlux on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @10:24

Isn't that non-Free ?

Is kde going to rely on this?

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by Aaron J. Seigo on Wednesday 13/Oct/2004, @11:29

it isn't an integral (e.g. required) tool for development. it's simply a tool with no Free Software equivalent that lets us get a certain, specific task that needs to get done right now in a timely manner so we can get on with the business of producing another great revision of our Free/Open Source Software desktop.

it's similar to our icons: there just weren't any good Free Software graphics packages suitable for doing professional icon design. instead of shipping no icons or crappy icons, the artists used various non-Free tools to get the necessary job done and released the results under an Open Source license. everybody benefits. as Free tools become available, they get used for creating icons.

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by planetzappa on Thursday 14/Oct/2004, @00:07

It *is* free for KDE apps

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Re: Plastick? Default?
by cm on Thursday 14/Oct/2004, @05:10

Yes, it's free as in "free beer" for KDE usage:
http://dot.kde.org/1081440693/

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