murga-linux.orgNow to learn how to better modify and/or create themes in JWM or IceWM, whichever one might be easier.
I posted elsewhere regarding this. The JWM theme maker appears to require xdialog, which in turn appears to need to be compiled (unless I am missing or not understanding something), and I am not that comfortable with compiling apps. I also asked in that post whether anyone had already used this theme maker in antiX. (Since I just installed antiX-15 to replace a troublesome Manjaro install, I'm not sure I'm ready to be a guinea pig.)skidoo wrote:murga-linux.orgNow to learn how to better modify and/or create themes in JWM or IceWM, whichever one might be easier.
Yesterday I replied and posted a link to a specific menumaker thread... yet you're mentioning it (wonderment?) again today.
Users of puppy O/S variants probably comprise the bulk of the JWM userbase. In their forum you'll find links & attachments
for themes, and for tools for editing/customizing themes, and myriad screenshots showing of themes... they are theme-HAPPY.
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<JWM>
<!-- Visual Styles -->
<!-- evil blue glow -->
<WindowStyle>
<Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font>
<Width>4</Width>
<Height>20</Height>
<Active>
<Text>snow</Text>
<Title>blue:light blue</Title>
<Outline>snow</Outline>
</Active>
<Inactive>
<Text>black</Text>
<Title>dark blue:light blue</Title>
<Outline>light blue</Outline>
</Inactive>
</WindowStyle>
<TaskListStyle>
<Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font>
<ActiveForeground>black</ActiveForeground>
<ActiveBackground>darkblue:snow</ActiveBackground>
<Foreground>snow</Foreground>
<Background>light blue:blue</Background>
</TaskListStyle>
<!-- Additional TrayStyle attribute: insert -->
<TrayStyle>
<Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font>
<Background>blue</Background>
<Foreground>dark blue</Foreground>
</TrayStyle>
<PagerStyle>
<Outline>grey66</Outline>
<Foreground>grey44</Foreground>
<Background>snow</Background>
<ActiveForeground>darkblue</ActiveForeground>
<ActiveBackground>light blue</ActiveBackground>
</PagerStyle>
<MenuStyle>
<Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font>
<Foreground>snow</Foreground>
<Background>grey0</Background>
<ActiveForeground>black</ActiveForeground>
<ActiveBackground>blue:white</ActiveBackground>
</MenuStyle>
<PopupStyle>
<Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font>
<Outline>light blue</Outline>
<Foreground>snow</Foreground>
<Background>blue</Background>
</PopupStyle>
</JWM>Well, apparently it is really so difficult, at least it has been for me. I tried this with the black theme, going into my home directory (apparently where the JWM themes reside as I could not find any elsewhere - the directory you list was not apparent to me, nor was it clear from anything I read), went into ~ .jwm/themes/black and saved it as black2, changed the font everywhere I saw a font to change, restarted JWM, and noticed no difference, no matter what font name I put in there.skidoo wrote:walt, start with whichever theme suits your fancy.
For example:
geany /usr/share/fluxbox/jwm-antiX/.fluxbox/jwm-antiX/.jwm/themes/blue_dragon
saveAs blue_dragon2Next, open another other theme file in geany.Code: Select all
<JWM> <!-- Visual Styles --> <!-- evil blue glow --> <WindowStyle> <Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font> <Width>4</Width> <Height>20</Height> <Active> <Text>snow</Text> <Title>blue:light blue</Title> <Outline>snow</Outline> </Active> <Inactive> <Text>black</Text> <Title>dark blue:light blue</Title> <Outline>light blue</Outline> </Inactive> </WindowStyle> <TaskListStyle> <Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font> <ActiveForeground>black</ActiveForeground> <ActiveBackground>darkblue:snow</ActiveBackground> <Foreground>snow</Foreground> <Background>light blue:blue</Background> </TaskListStyle> <!-- Additional TrayStyle attribute: insert --> <TrayStyle> <Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font> <Background>blue</Background> <Foreground>dark blue</Foreground> </TrayStyle> <PagerStyle> <Outline>grey66</Outline> <Foreground>grey44</Foreground> <Background>snow</Background> <ActiveForeground>darkblue</ActiveForeground> <ActiveBackground>light blue</ActiveBackground> </PagerStyle> <MenuStyle> <Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font> <Foreground>snow</Foreground> <Background>grey0</Background> <ActiveForeground>black</ActiveForeground> <ActiveBackground>blue:white</ActiveBackground> </MenuStyle> <PopupStyle> <Font antialias="false">smoothansi</Font> <Outline>light blue</Outline> <Foreground>snow</Foreground> <Background>blue</Background> </PopupStyle> </JWM>
Look at A. Look at B. How do they differ?
Is it ___REALLY___ so difficult to customize a themefile? I think not."Ain't nothing to it but ta do it."
Select your customized theme, examine the result of your edits. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Might need to restart session for the change to take effect.
Okay, so in my case, I edit /home/walt/.jwm/theme instead of /home/walt/.jwm/themes/green? Although I'm sure that must be specified somewhere, I never saw it and was editing the theme"source" file rather than the placeholder file. Okay, off to give it one more try. (On the other hand, I think I successfully modified an IceWM theme, so there is progress. __{{emoticon}}__ ) Thanks.skidoo wrote:Walt, just now I tested/verified:
Chose JWM"green" theme, applied it by clicking Themes--}Restart, then opened and edited /home/demo/.jwm/theme
(the currently selected theme gets copied to this file?)
Upon saving changes to /home/demo/.jwm/theme and clicking Themes--}Restart, my edited colors were immediately apparent.
(I didn't make a backup copy beforehand. Shhh! don't tell rok)
Take this with a grain of salt. I'm shooting from the hip.so in my case, I edit /home/walt/.jwm/theme
instead of
/home/walt/.jwm/themes/green?