On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Michael Han wrote:
> Well, right here seems a good place to talk about themes. ...
>
> It's gone away, but I remember not liking the themes approach that had
> been taken by fvwm.themes.org. ...
>
> There were some other things too. I forget. Anyway, if you've got
> ideas about themes, just send 'em here. People may not have time to
> write the system, but I'm sure they've got time to kibbitz on the list
> ;>
I guess I'm probably a bit late..
FWIW, I've got an fvwm theme setup on my page which is similar
to fvwm.themes.org's setup but with some improvements. I was
pretty disgusted by some of the problems in their setup, but
mine isn't perfect either. :)
http://www.vis.colostate.edu/~scriven/fvwm.php3
Here are a few differences, off the top of my head:
- You can have a system-wide configuration which can be
overridden or modified by users' individual configurations.
- It separates "look" from "feel" by putting input bindings in
their own file.
- You can switch themes from a menu, without restarting fvwm.
- Themes can be randomly selected upon startup.
- Themes do not include wallpaper, but it should be easy to
incorporate them using the "bkgd" script on my page. (for
example, set a random "green" background with a green theme)
- 12 themes are included; more will come as people make them.
Two of these were from fvwm.themes.org, the rest are mine.
One problem: It currently requires windows to have 4 title
buttons, a menu on the left and minimize-maximize-close on the
right. This gives a consistent feel, but restricts visual
freedom for theme designers.
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Received on Wed Nov 10 1999 - 20:31:15 GMT