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@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +INTRODUCTION +============ + First, a word about Fahrenheit. The theme, like its namesake, is +not meant to be the final word in practicality or usability. Think about +it: why hasn't the US switched to Celcius, a much more practical and +usable temperature scale? It makes much more sense to base a temperature +scale around water (since so much of life literally revolves around +water). Just what is 0°F and 100°F anyways? It makes no sense at all, +other than the inertia of tradition. + Fahrenheit the theme is much the same way, except that it lacks +the temperture scale's inertia, but it also looks (in the author's +opinion) more visually interesting than the standard square box. Be it +the lickable OSX or the crayola WinXP, the fact remains that even by +rounding out the corners, most window decorations are hopelessly mired in +squareville. Now, there are good reasons for square. Square is usable. +Square is practical. Square is comforting and familiar, like a teddy +bear that's gotten the stuffing squeezed out of it. But square is also +boring, overdone, and, like week-old leftovers, there's only so much you +can do with it before you get sick of turkey sandwiches and turkey +quiche and turkey omlettes and cream of turkey soup. + To relieve my boredom, there's Fahrenheit. That's right, this is +about _me_. If you like it, you're more than welcome to use it. If you +don't, then forget about it. It's not for you. Go back to squaredom. I +don't care. Yes, this violates Fitt's law in obscene and unthinkable +ways. The buttons may be too small, but then, I have fine motor control +and don't find it a problem in the least. I find it usable; therefore, +it is usable for me. It wastes space with all the funky curves and bars. +Well, my monitor is 1400x1050, so I've got space to waste. + +COMPILING +========= +A straight-forward affair; read the INSTALL file for more details, but +the following ought to be enough: +1) make -f Makefile.cvs +2) ./configure + (Depending on your system, you may need to add '--prefix=/usr' +and if it can't find the location of the Qt libs and includes, those as +well. './configure --help' will tell you what you need to know.) +3) make +4) (as root) make install + +If you have problems compiling, make sure that you have the necessary +KDE development files installed. And before complaining that you can't +compile, read through the discussions for other KDE 3.2 borders. There +is a 99.9% chance that your problem already has a long and glorious +precedent set by others. + +COLORS +====== + There are six color settings that you will want to play with +in the Control Panel:Appearances & Themes:Colors dialog. These are: +- Active Title Bar +- Inactive Title Bar +- Active Window Frame +- Inactive Window Frame +- Active Window Handle +- Inactive Window Handle + The title bar and window frame colors should be self-evident. +Less obviously, however, are the window handle settings. This changes +the color of the grip lines in the upper-right hand corner of the frame. + +THANKS +====== + Inspiration: Fahrenheit was inspired by the mock-up screenshots +of a hypothetical future BeOS window border, GonX. See the screenshots +at http://cotito.free.fr/projects/. + David Johnson on the kwin mailing list was of great help to me +while writing this decoration. His Example decoration +(http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=6332) is also a great +framework for creating new decorations as well. |