Subito Piano wrote:OK - so where are the step-by-step instructions to add themes and have them show up in the theme chooser windows?
Ok, here is what I do:
**Suggestion by puppyluvr:
Go to /usr/local/lib/X11/themes and choose a theme that has similar elements to what you want, IE, has gradiants or has a start button you like, ect, or just use the "Original" theme.
Right click on the folder of the theme you have chosen and select "copy".
Change the name to that of your intended theme, and click OK...
Then open the new theme folder and "hack away"...(see below)..
Save the result, and Viola, your very own theme...***
(back to my original post..)
To add a theme, put the theme (as a -jwmrc file...see the others for examples) in /root/.jwm/themes/
As soon as you do that, when you run the jwm theme changer, it will show up. Then when you click on the theme you've made, it will change all the colors, etc.
At that point, I run the mtpaint screenshot taker and then select an area of the upper corner of a window for a picture example. I then crop it, then save that as yourtheme-window.png in the same folder. I do the same thing for a tray picture, titling it yourtheme-tray.png and saving it. You can do this with gimp if you wanted to.
To make your own theme, the best way to get started is to modify one that already exists. Just pick one of the other jwmrc files, open it in geany, and notice all the "colors" that are mentioned. They are written in a number-letter format (someone else tell us what that format is called).
I usually then put each of the numbers in the gimp color selector to see what the color is. If I want to change the color/number I take the new color/number I want, find the old one in the file, then use geany to Replace all those color/numbers in the document. Then save your file as a new file.
Continue to change the color/numbers as you see fit. Each time you select the theme in the jwm theme changer, you can immediately see your changes take place (assuming you've saved the file). Pretty neat. By following this process you can progressively see what happens and what colors/numbers refer to what...
Others have suggestions on the best way to create your own theme?
**Edit: there are many things I don't know about this process...as you can see, the process I follow is my usual hack-it-and-learn-as-you-go process which, fortunately, works in Puppy. Things like the 'color' file and other obvious points I would gladly look to others for input/guidance...