Re: [Libreoffice] [PATCH] sfx2: Simplify "About" dialog

On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 09:11 +0200, Sebastian Spaeth wrote:
> > Go to the about box and hold CTRL and type sdt. I'd be sad to loose
> > that :-( Definitely be nice to tidy up the about dialog, but can we
> > rework that to retain the about scrolling. 

> OK, I did not know about that easter egg and thought it is
> unused. Perhaps we should put that in comment in the code :). It was too
> hidden for me to ever be discovered.

        Quite - for me, it is pretty un-acceptable to have our credits in a
place that no-one can find them :-) Personally, I'd prefer to have a
static document that we can load that has a long list of (film-style)
credits - perhaps across many columns -> and some pretty formatting, and
'thanks' etc.

        When we have a nice layout engine - no need to use VCL to render our
credits I think :-)

> Still, there are unused variables and includes in there, so if someone
> wans to clean that one up, that would be mucho appreciated.

        Cool.

> I'll keep my clumsy hands off it for now. Thanks for the heads up :).
> Sebastian

        I would love an 'easy hack' to use something like the "Legal
Information" menu entry, to have a full list of credits for
contributors, that is easily accessible - perhaps by a button in the
'About' dialog.

        Would that be interesting ? :-)

        Thanks,

                Michael.

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