@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ using, it may need session bus ownership of ``org.kde.StatusNotifierItem-$PID-$I
8888
8989This permission is problematic in Flatpak as the ``$PID `` value is often the same
9090in sandboxes, leading to potential conflicts with other applications.
91- However, if needed, the ``--own-name=org.kde.* `` permission will allow this.
91+ However, if needed, the ``--own-name=org.kde.* `` permission will allow this.
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9393.. warning ::
9494 This introduces many new risks, including the ability to impersonate any KDE
@@ -146,13 +146,17 @@ it will work as expected within a sandboxed application.
146146Theming
147147-------
148148
149- Flatpak applications cannot directly use the system theme because flatpaks
150- do not have access to data files or libraries in ``/usr `` (where system
151- themes are typically located). The solution is to package themes as
152- flatpaks; relying on the host to have the correct version for every
153- flatpak defeats the portability benefits Flatpak provides. These themes are
154- provided as :doc: `extension ` to the Freedesktop runtime for Gtk3 themes
155- and to the KDE runtime for Qt themes.
149+ Flatpak applications cannot directly use the system theme from the host
150+ as the ``/usr `` directory inside the sandbox is reserved by the runtime,
151+ and host's ``/usr `` where system themes are typically stored cannot be
152+ made available over that. Additionally, themes often depend on
153+ specific toolkit versions, which may differ between the host and the
154+ runtime. Relying on the host to have the correct version for every
155+ flatpak also defeats the portability benefits Flatpak provides.
156+
157+ The solution to this is to package the themes as flatpaks. These themes
158+ are provided as :doc: `extension ` to the Freedesktop runtime for Gtk3
159+ themes and to the KDE runtime for Qt themes.
156160
157161The theming system requires Flatpak 0.8.4+ and applications using
158162up-to-date ``org.gnome.Platform `` 3.24+, ``org.freedesktop.Platform `` 1.6+,
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