Re: Clash of the Titans, GNUstep alongside GNOME

[Sheldon Gill]

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2005, at 17:16, Nicolas Roard wrote:
>
> > > This is why I'm concerned that we should -
> > > 1. keep the current interface as default
> > > 2. provide themes for the other interfaces
> > > 3. make switching VERY easy
> > > 4. try to make things interoperate as well as possible even when we
> > > are not using themes to make things match.
> >
> >
> > Yes. There's actually three levels for good integration though:
> > - the look -- that will be managed via gsdrawfunctions, not really  a 
> > problem
> > - the feel -- more difficult; under windows you want menu-in- windows, 
> > etc
> > - integration with system services like pasteboard, etc
> >
> > I'm not sure how we can manage #2 and #3 ... one possibility would  be 
> > to have
> > so-called "desktop bundles" that modify classes to properly  
> > integrate... and/or
> > have specific gorms for the platform..
>
> I'd quite enjoy writing code to handle loading/switching of themes  like 
> that.

Question is, how would you handle unloading?


Regards,
Sheldon