Plasma/shellswitching

• Visual during switch
  • A kwin effect
  • Full screen busy -> to black -> to back in

• Triggering
  • kded module that keeps track of form factor
    • right now is an envvar .. meh
    • runtime platform string(s): [device], [form], [input]
  • DBus signal on change
    • read from shell definition package
  • keeps track of active shell definition package
    • default in the kded module's configuration
    • DBus API:
      • stringlist runtimePlatform
      • signal runtimePlatformChanged stringlist
      • string currentShellPackage
      • signal currentShellPackageChanged string
    • Auto-switch on hardware events
      • sources: libsolid, kscreen
      • Docking events
        • Screen plugging
        • Keyboard/mouse
  • KCM switcher between desktop and netbook ported to this

• On-screen keyboard
  • Don't show when hardware keyboard available

• KCM
  • Manual switch between shell types