
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
This is a widget style that was designed to be a pixel-for-pixel clone of the Microsoft Windows 2000 user interface widgets. I implemented it entirely from scratch, using screenshots and xmag, as well as VMware back in the day. The widget style is licensed under the terms of the modified BSD license included in the LICENSE file.
Munjoy Linux (http://www.munjoylinux.org/) uses this style as the default in their distro. Many thanks to David Chester for dropping a patch on me that implements a few widgets that I never got around to.
-Chris Lee (clee@kde.org)
16 years ago
Added a link to a Mandrake RPM of the style.
0.6
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Fixed the INSTALL file and removed the Redmond deco that I had forgotten was there. This version will just install the widget style, not overwrite your system-provided Redmond deco; please use it instead of 0.5.
0.5
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This version is the first one announced on kde-look.org - I had done a few internal releases that were only announced on my blog and such, but I figure this is a decent way to get some more feedback.
Yes, I'm evil. I don't care. If you don't like it, don't download it and don't bitch. If you do like it, great! Enjoy.
16 years ago
Added a link to a Mandrake RPM of the style.
0.6
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Fixed the INSTALL file and removed the Redmond deco that I had forgotten was there. This version will just install the widget style, not overwrite your system-provided Redmond deco; please use it instead of 0.5.
0.5
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This version is the first one announced on kde-look.org - I had done a few internal releases that were only announced on my blog and such, but I figure this is a decent way to get some more feedback.
Yes, I'm evil. I don't care. If you don't like it, don't download it and don't bitch. If you do like it, great! Enjoy.
elgx
15 years ago
*** YOU'RE USING automake (GNU automake) 1.6.
*** KDE requires automake 1.6
make: *** [cvs] Error 1
elena@elena-ubuntu:~/Desktop/asteroid_style-0.6$
any idea?
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yggdrasil
15 years ago
Libraryfile kstyle_asteroid_config.la cannot be found in your PATH.
Before the installation i executed KDEDIR=/usr.
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(running KDE 3.4 on Debian Sid)
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Ataraxis
16 years ago
asteroid has a problem with the buttons of amaroK 1.0.
A picture says more than 1000 words, so here they are:
amaroK with asteroid (broken on the right):
http://www.kleinundgemein.de/~ataraxis/asteroid/asteroid.png
amaroK with dotNET (fine):
http://www.kleinundgemein.de/~ataraxis/asteroid/dotnet.png
amaroK with Keramik (fine):
http://www.kleinundgemein.de/~ataraxis/asteroid/keramik.png
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fischer
16 years ago
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Ataraxis
16 years ago
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poloso
16 years ago
$ make -f admin/Makefile.common
*** YOU'RE USING Autoconf version 2.13.
*** KDE requires autoconf 2.52, 2.53 or 2.54
make: *** [cvs] Error 1
The strange thing is that I do have Autoconf 2.59r3:
* sys-devel/autoconf
Latest version available: 2.59-r3
Latest version installed: 2.59-r3
Size of downloaded files: 1,336 kB
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html
Description: Used to create autoconfiguration files
License: GPL-2
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poloso
16 years ago
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MaxAuthority
16 years ago
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WANT_AUTOCONF=2.5 make -f admin/Makefile.common
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poloso
16 years ago
greetings
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poloso
16 years ago
$ make -f admin/Makefile.common
*** YOU'RE USING Autoconf version 2.13.
*** KDE requires autoconf 2.52, 2.53 or 2.54
make: *** [cvs] Error 1
The strange thing is that I do have Autoconf 2.59r3:
* sys-devel/autoconf
Latest version available: 2.59-r3
Latest version installed: 2.59-r3
Size of downloaded files: 1,336 kB
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/autoconf.html
Description: Used to create autoconfiguration files
License: GPL-2
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vide
16 years ago
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slackdude
16 years ago
As for the creativity, I think this person has done a better job than most in reproducing the Windows style. There has to be some creativity in that...
Nice job. :-)
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elektroschock
16 years ago
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yf12s
16 years ago
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MaxAuthority
16 years ago
If you finished this style one month earlier I wouldn't have started Konx (newly submitted today to kde-look), which is based on your also great dotNET style :)
One improvement:
The background of a checked toolbar button should be in cg.midlight() or something and not the button color. It not only looks better IMHO, but it's also what MS Windows toolbars look like when an item is pressed.
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clee
16 years ago
If you're interested in cleaner code, you may want to port KONX to either this widget style or to my SkeletonStyle framework. dotNET is nifty, and I love it but it's got a few hairy code areas, and this codebase is a bit cleaner as I started fresh with it.
Also, thanks for the pointer about the toolbar buttons. I'll take a crack at that ASAP.
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MaxAuthority
16 years ago
I really know the Windows widgets very good, but I only came across 3-4 (very small) bugs:
-) Etched text on disabled buttons and menu items (checkboxes are drawn right).
-) When a top-level menu entry (File, Edit, View, ...) is opened, the text is offset by one pixel to the right and bottom until the popupmenu is closed
-) the Up/down button on spinwidgets is flat (like the button with the arrow in combo boxes) when pressed.
-) I think (this means, I am not totally sure), the topleft corner of a tab widget tab is rounded, but not as much as in your style.
BTW: I think porting my Konx style to the new 'engine' is too much work, but I will look for obvious changes which I will adept in my style.
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Flameeyes
16 years ago
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clee
16 years ago
For any other packagers out there - if you would like to make a binary package for my style, please contact me via email; I will be happy to link to your packages from the official style page, so that we don't have to have "Asteroid for Debian" and "Asteroid for Mandrake" as separate pages here on looky. The database is already full enough, no need to go duplicating the same widget style six times over for different packages.
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Borszczuk
16 years ago
To sumarise - debian stuff is here http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=12499 please redirect Debian users to this page
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PARENA
16 years ago
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Ataraxis
16 years ago
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clee
16 years ago
Hope you enjoy it. I've got more stuff in the pipeline, as well, so stay tuned.
-clee
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peppelorum
16 years ago
A screenshot of it,
http://hemma.peppesbodega.nu/bilder/screenshots/knas90.png
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clee
16 years ago
Until then, please restart your applications and let me know how you enjoy the style!
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