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Alright, I reworked to source code to add the ability to easily generate themes with custom colors.
If you want to do that, you will need git, Inkscape >= 1.0 (it won't work with earlier versions) and xcursorgen.
Clone the code and go to the 'assets' folder:
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/obnosim/ardoise.git ardoise
$ cd ardoise/assets
Edit the file 'custom.replace' to give it the color values you want. To change the color of the cursor body, edit the values 'bodyGradientStart' and 'bodyGradientEnd'.
Then, generate the theme (still from the 'assets' folder):
$ ./regenerate custom
This will use the values in 'custom.replace' to produce a new file in the parent folder: 'Ardoise (custom).tar.gz'. You can then extract this archive either in '~/.local/share/icons' or in '/usr/share/icons', then select it from System Settings > Cursors. - Jun 18 2020
If you want to do that, you will need git, Inkscape >= 1.0 (it won't work with earlier versions) and xcursorgen.
Clone the code and go to the 'assets' folder:
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/obnosim/ardoise.git ardoise
$ cd ardoise/assets
Edit the file 'custom.replace' to give it the color values you want. To change the color of the cursor body, edit the values 'bodyGradientStart' and 'bodyGradientEnd'.
Then, generate the theme (still from the 'assets' folder):
$ ./regenerate custom
This will use the values in 'custom.replace' to produce a new file in the parent folder: 'Ardoise (custom).tar.gz'. You can then extract this archive either in '~/.local/share/icons' or in '/usr/share/icons', then select it from System Settings > Cursors. - Jun 18 2020
In the Files tab during the product editing process. I select a file, a progress bar goes up to 100%, then nothing happens. Last year, when it still worked, the new entry within the list of files will then have the progress bar replaced by fields to input a name of the uploaded file. This no longer happens. I can change any other field, but uploaded files never get processed by the server. I tried with cookies allowed, in Falkon and Firefox, but there is no visible impact.
- Apr 08 2019
Racy For Plasma 5
Plasma Themes by HalfLeft 16 comments
I filed a feature request : https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357242.
- Dec 28 2015
Racy For Plasma 5
Plasma Themes by HalfLeft 16 comments
I just did some testing and it turns out the text shadow turns black if the color ForegroundNormal in [Colors:Window] in the colors file is set to anything above 192,192,192. Setting it to 193,193,193 (the darkest monochrome color allowed) seemed to work nicely with your theme, although you might think it goes against your vision.
- Dec 27 2015
I just tested it and I can confirm north- etc. prefixes are respected under Plasma 5.4.3 and have been since at least 5.4.0.
See Marco Martin's response here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350190
-mini prefixes are deprecated, north-, west-, east- and south- are not, but they aren't displayed properly unless all parts for that prefix are in the file. The glitch reported by sumski was caused by that little detail. If e.g. north-topleft isn't present in the theme, then north-bottomleft isn't drawn. I fixed it by simply adding dummy elements for every missing id. - Nov 28 2015
See Marco Martin's response here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=350190
-mini prefixes are deprecated, north-, west-, east- and south- are not, but they aren't displayed properly unless all parts for that prefix are in the file. The glitch reported by sumski was caused by that little detail. If e.g. north-topleft isn't present in the theme, then north-bottomleft isn't drawn. I fixed it by simply adding dummy elements for every missing id. - Nov 28 2015
Panels still use north- west- etc. prefixes for me. What changed since Plasma 4 is that you now need to include all nine parts of the panels, including the ones which are never displayed (like north-top, west-left, etc) or else it doesn't work properly.
- Nov 28 2015
Confirmed, but only under Plasma 5. The plasma5 version of the theme run by Plasma 4 (which uses the exact same source svg for the panels) doesn't have that problem.
It also affects west panels.
It seems Plasma 5 doesn't draw the north-bottom element (but still allocates room for it) and ignores -mini elements altogether. The documentation for Plasma 5 mentions -mini prefixes so I don't think the feature was removed. I'll file a bug report.
In the meantime, you can replace widgets/panel-background.svg with https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bzmbnxf57mdusz/panel-background.svg?dl=1.
You'll lose the gradients but it'll work better.
Thanks for letting me know! - Jul 13 2015
It also affects west panels.
It seems Plasma 5 doesn't draw the north-bottom element (but still allocates room for it) and ignores -mini elements altogether. The documentation for Plasma 5 mentions -mini prefixes so I don't think the feature was removed. I'll file a bug report.
In the meantime, you can replace widgets/panel-background.svg with https://www.dropbox.com/s/4bzmbnxf57mdusz/panel-background.svg?dl=1.
You'll lose the gradients but it'll work better.
Thanks for letting me know! - Jul 13 2015
Thanks for the kind word!
I personally use a dark color scheme based on Obsidian Coast, but Velours should work fine with a light color scheme as well. The Breeze widget theme doesn't work very well with dark color schemes though, it's clear it was designed with only light colors in mind. Oxygen looks fine either way.
As for window decorations, I stick with Oxygen or Breeze as they offer the most customization options (and Oxygen allows tabbed windows).
So I guess I don't really have anything in particular to suggest. - Jul 12 2015
I personally use a dark color scheme based on Obsidian Coast, but Velours should work fine with a light color scheme as well. The Breeze widget theme doesn't work very well with dark color schemes though, it's clear it was designed with only light colors in mind. Oxygen looks fine either way.
As for window decorations, I stick with Oxygen or Breeze as they offer the most customization options (and Oxygen allows tabbed windows).
So I guess I don't really have anything in particular to suggest. - Jul 12 2015
Okay, I gave it a shot and it seems Clementine doesn't use the icon provided by the plasma theme. If you know a plasma theme that overrides it, please tell me.
I think the same is true for the ownCloud client, but its monochrome icon (you can turn it on in the settings) integrates nicely already. - May 18 2015
I think the same is true for the ownCloud client, but its monochrome icon (you can turn it on in the settings) integrates nicely already. - May 18 2015
There you go! I added a new theme similar to the older one (Translucent 2).
I think you were right about the change coming from the way the elements were layered. The 87.5% multiplier was incorrectly applied twice on some cursors and at some point I fixed it. - Jan 18 2015
I think you were right about the change coming from the way the elements were layered. The 87.5% multiplier was incorrectly applied twice on some cursors and at some point I fixed it. - Jan 18 2015
I didn't customize those two because I honestly don't know what they are there for and I have never encountered them (I kept the default x_cursor one but the pirate one is missing, I'll fix that).
I could create Ardoise versions if it's a problem (see my answer to your previous comment). - Jan 17 2015
I could create Ardoise versions if it's a problem (see my answer to your previous comment). - Jan 17 2015
I have been using the translucent variant continuously since the beginning and I have not noticed that change.
But I can make a more translucent one, no problem. Take a look at translucent.svg in the sources and tell me what % you would like. It's applied to the groups that contain the edge and the background, and it's currently set to 87.5%. - Jan 17 2015
But I can make a more translucent one, no problem. Take a look at translucent.svg in the sources and tell me what % you would like. It's applied to the groups that contain the edge and the background, and it's currently set to 87.5%. - Jan 17 2015
Thanks for the kind word!
I've been working on it a lot since the last release and I was about to release an update yesterday, but something went wrong and I lost almost everything. I'm currently trying to repair what was lost and I should be able to release it in a couple of weeks. - Oct 31 2014
I've been working on it a lot since the last release and I was about to release an update yesterday, but something went wrong and I lost almost everything. I'm currently trying to repair what was lost and I should be able to release it in a couple of weeks. - Oct 31 2014