themes: Fix statement about icon and sound themes #22
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All desktops still use the XDG icon and sound theme standards, though some of them do not expose the ability to change icon and sound themes anymore. Calling this standard incomplete and outdated is presumptuous given that they are widely adopted and remain in common use.
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I actually agree with the statement that the specs are both outdated and incomplete, but there aren't any alternative XDG specs to replace them, so I think this change probably makes sense. Out of curiosity, which desktop environments don't implement those specs? |
I think GNOME, Enlightenment, Sway, and Sugar are the main ones that don't. |
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GNOME doesn't, really? Or is it just libadwaita apps? |
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The latter. I'm just mostly classifying GNOME as a whole for simplification purposes. Pantheon with libgranite is probably in the same bucket too. |
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| - [FreeDesktop.org](https://freedesktop.org) specifications try to ensure different desktops' _basic features_ are inter-compatible, but does not address visual style. | |||
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| - There are specs for _icon_ and _sound_ themes, but even these are both incomplete and outdated. | |||
| - There are specs for _icon_ and _sound_ themes, but some desktops do not support these. | |||
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I recall the issue with FD.o icon stuff from working on elementary being that they both didn't cover the actual range of icons you'd want to use, and seemed to be outdated in what they did dictate. However, this is the Icon Naming spec and not the Icon Theme spec, so perhaps its moot. I think this slight rewording remains accurate, anyway:
| - There are specs for _icon_ and _sound_ themes, but some desktops do not support these. | |
| - There are specs for _icon_ and _sound_ themes, but some platforms do not support them. |
All desktops still use the XDG icon and sound theme standards, though some of them do not expose the ability to change icon and sound themes anymore.
Calling this standard incomplete and outdated is presumptuous given that they are widely adopted and remain in common use.