Plasma/Terminology
< Plasma
On this page, we collect definitions of terms used in Plasma. Its main purpose is to get developers' terminology synchronized.
Shell
The shell, technically speaking, is the binary that will load and display the UI parts of the "Workspace". It doesn't provide its own UI, it may be tied to a particular formfactor.
Examples:
- plasma-desktop
- plasma-netbook
- plasma-device
Current Implementation
The term shell does not include Plasmoids loaded into it, it's provides the implementation of the Corona and defines how the views are bound to it. These views holld containments, which then load applets.