Plasma/shellswitching

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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