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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 06:57 Post subject:
JWM Themes Exchange Subject description: ...for those who prefer the default WM |
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After I created the IceWM Themes Exchange, the occasional poster was moved to ask "Where is the JWM Themes Exchange?" In answer to that, and on account of some new JWM themes being posted by cb88 and others, I have created this thread for JWM devotees.
To get the ball rolling, I have taken a JWM theme created by Tom at the JWM developer forum, and given it the WhoDo treatment. Here is a screenshot of the result. Remember, this is JWM!
Caution! These will overwrite your .jwmrctray and themeslist files, so remember to make a backup copy first if you have altered them.
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Rename to .jwmrc-tray.gz, click to install AFTER dotpet!
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Last edited by WhoDo on Sat 03 Nov 2007, 21:00; edited 2 times in total
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wingruntled
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 287 Location: Great Lakes
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 10:52 Post subject:
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Quote: | Caution! These will overwrite your .jwmrctray and themeslist files |
WhoDo
Why overwrite the themeslist? That will destroy any changes that is in the original rendering prior installed themes history. It seems that if the themeslist is appended to is far safer. Instead of a pet package make it just a zip with no themeslist file in it.
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cb88

Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1169 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 13:00 Post subject:
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whodo I noticed that you have removed the gradient menu is there areason for that? readability? personally I like the gradient menu and it could be altered (change the font?) if readability needs work. the standard menu looks out of place in the vista theme IMO.
since jwm themes are just simple txt files perhaps a compete jwm theme designer could be whiped up in bash and gtkdialog3? a color selector would be essential... if that could be included in rawpup and TS CE then it would ease much of the "I hate jwm craze" not that I personally dislike jwm at all. Although that does make icewm more popular jwm devserves it's due as well...
also the theme gui could manage theme installation
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Tom Raft
Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 26
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 14:51 Post subject:
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Another theme from Tom
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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 18:47 Post subject:
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wingruntled wrote: | Why overwrite the themeslist? That will destroy any changes that is in the original rendering prior installed themes history. It seems that if the themeslist is appended to is far safer. Instead of a pet package make it just a zip with no themeslist file in it. |
The dotpet format and the included themeslist was intended for users who haven't added to JWM themes before. The warning is there for those who have. I wanted to make it easier for those who didn't know how to do it.
You can unpack a dotpet at the CLI by using the command:
Hope that helps
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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 19:09 Post subject:
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cb88 wrote: | whodo I noticed that you have removed the gradient menu is there areason for that? readability? personally I like the gradient menu and it could be altered (change the font?) if readability needs work. the standard menu looks out of place in the vista theme IMO. |
Entirely accidental. It was late, I was tired, and I failed to notice an extra < in front of the <menustyle> tag. It just ignores the vista menu style and gives the default. I'll repack and upload later.
cb88 wrote: | since jwm themes are just simple txt files perhaps a compete jwm theme designer could be whiped up in bash and gtkdialog3? a color selector would be essential... if that could be included in rawpup and TS CE then it would ease much of the "I hate jwm craze" not that I personally dislike jwm at all. Although that does make icewm more popular jwm devserves it's due as well...
also the theme gui could manage theme installation |
I think you probably have me confused with tronkel. My coding days, poor as they were, are long behind me now. I can hack around in what someone else has created, but it hurts my aging brain too much to start from scratch. Good idea, though. Don't we also have a Control Panel for JWM somewhere in recent history? I think it was dvw86 (sp?) who created it. Maybe that could be modified for the task?
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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 19:14 Post subject:
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Tom Raft wrote: | Another theme from Tom |
Welcome, Tom. What about attaching a tgz file with your theme code so others can install it?
With the advent of JWM 2.x, Puppy's default WM can be very attractive thanks to guys like you who are willing to show their talent.
Cheers
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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13647 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 19:22 Post subject:
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really like them, will add the vista-theme to Muppy008, and Toms version too, if he uploads it
Thanks, Mark
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WhoDo

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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 19:54 Post subject:
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MU wrote: | really like them, will add the vista-theme to Muppy008, and Toms version too, if he uploads it  |
New version uploaded at original post. Includes intended menu background and gradients with WhoDo mods.
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MU

Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 13647 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 20:11 Post subject:
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v3 is packaged wrong, not in subfolder /jwm-vista3
But looks great after I manually copied the files
Mark
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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 21:01 Post subject:
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MU wrote: | v3 is packaged wrong, not in subfolder /jwm-vista3
But looks great after I manually copied the files  |
Thanks, Mark. Repackaged and uploaded repackaged version to original post. Should be ok now.
Cheers
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wingruntled
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 287 Location: Great Lakes
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Posted: Sat 03 Nov 2007, 23:10 Post subject:
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Quote: | You can unpack a dotpet at the CLI by using the command:
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# pet2tgz filename
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WhoDo
Thanks; yes it did.
The only file I exstracted from that vista:P theme was the /root/.jwm/jwm-vista file. I then added it to my own themeslist file and it works great, Gradients and all.
Thanks
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alienjeff

Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2291 Location: Winsted, CT - USA
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Posted: Sun 04 Nov 2007, 00:21 Post subject:
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How about scaling that image down? Not all of us have seven foot wide monitors ...
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ecomoney

Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 2183 Location: Lincolnshire, England
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Posted: Sun 04 Nov 2007, 00:37 Post subject:
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There needs to be a new jwm theme for the next puppy 3.03 ce release. Im going to keep an eye on this thread!
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wingruntled
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 287 Location: Great Lakes
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Posted: Sun 04 Nov 2007, 00:42 Post subject:
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alienjeff wrote: | How about scaling that image down? Not all of us have seven foot wide monitors ... |
No Kidding!
Better yet, maybe the post itself should be deleted. No theme attached just some oversized 1024x768 jpg.
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