Comments on: Vectacity as CSS

By: Copper: an experiment with CSS - …for the adult in you

Copper: an experiment with CSS - …for the adult in you — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:08:42 +0000

[...] to our previous discussion of CSS, Thomas spent a few hours on sketching out a possible design for a CSS-based theme format, and on [...]

By: Notes from Gran Canaria - …for the adult in you

Notes from Gran Canaria - …for the adult in you — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:17:48 +0000

[...] Some discussion of the use of CSS in theming. [...]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:19:18 +0000

Wonderful idea! go for it!

IMHO if the allowed css rules are chosen carefully I don’t think the themes could become too disruptive.

By: Screwtape

Screwtape — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:39:49 +0000

To be fair, I was thinking about a combination of the existing draw_ops and some CSS syntax for declaring where they should be drawn (much like HTML’s background-image) rather than trying to do the whole theming thing in CSS.

Still, I think it’s a rich vein of potential.

By: Thomas Thurman

Thomas Thurman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:41:20 +0000

Aw, sorry! I apologise for not getting it when you explained it the first time. Davyd just explained the idea to me in person and it clicked.

By: Screwtape

Screwtape — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:16:55 +0000

Aw man, I suggested this ages ago!

http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/16/squib-of-the-day-special-frame-style-for-warning-dialogues/#comment-907

By: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort

Emilio Pozuelo Monfort — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:15:24 +0000

As long as we can still choose the theme we want, a powerful format is fine!