You will need the murrine, pixbuf and equinox gtk engines to use this theme. The AwOken icon theme is also highly recommended as is Nautilus Elementary.
Installation :
PPA :
Make sure you have uninstalled any older versions of the theme before installing via ppa. For good measure type on a terminal :
rm -R ~/.themes/Atolm
to install the Equinox gtk engine (provided by Tiheum) :
just extract the contents of the zip file somewhere and drag and drop the Atolm.tar.gz and Atolm-Squared.tar.gz to the Appearance Preferences window (again, make sure you have uninstalled any previous version first). You can also install the emerald theme via the Emerald Theme Manager.
Customization :
If you prefer the old tabs, edit the gtkrc file (found inside ~/.themes/Atolm/gtk-2.0/ or /usr/share/themes/Atolm/gtk-2.0/ if you have installed via ppa) and replace the line : include "Styles/tabs1.rc" with this: include "Styles/tabs.rc"
If you don't use Nautilus Elementary, edit the gtkrc and make this line: include "Apps/nautilus-elementary.rc" look like this: #include "Apps/nautilus-elementary.rc"
OpenOffice and most other Gtk apps now have a different base and text color than the rest of the theme. This is unavoidable if you want to have a usable OpenOffice. If you want to have a unified look, you can make all Gtk apps follow the same settings by setting the Input Boxes background color to 5C5C5C and the Input Boxes text color to ECECEC.
Thanks :
I would like to thank my partner in crime, MonkeyMagico, JurialMunkey for his valuable feedback and advice, and all of you that keep supporting my workLast changelog:
- Squared Metacity decorator added.
- Xfwm4 normal and squared decorators added.
- Emerald decorator added.
- Text color of the contact name on the pidgin messaging window fixed.
- Text color of the JDownloader exit dialog and progressbars fixed.
- Text visibility of titles and quotes with lLiferea fixed.
- Firefox entry dark text on dark color bug on some sites fixed.
in thunderbird ( http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/selection001d.png/ ) the email headers show like in the screenshot. one by one lines are very dark in background so that the text becomes almost unreadable.
anyone knows which file do i have to edit to specify a lighter gray for the second color?
(the "detailed list" view in thunar uses another set of colors and doesnt have this problem..)
I have had the same problem/complaint. I have tried a few times to edit Thunderbird's userChrome.css file to achieve acceptable formatting, but have never been successful... Would you mind posting the specific code you used for yours, and the version of Thunderbird you are running?
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Hi =)
i realy love your Theme =) but a question, since i use it my Close, Minimize and Maximize Buttons are Left and the Menu Button is right. Since i've use PC's i had this always the oposite way and its pretty hard to get this in my head ._. is there a way to get the X, Maximize, Minimize Buttons Back to te right side and the Menu Button back to the left side ? ^^
Lg =)
Running Ubuntu 10.04 having followed all directions and double checked that the engines where installed, I can't get it to work either -- I have the same problem as slaykristian.
I've run through the tips you gave him, but it didn't have and effect. Help is much appreciated -- I really like the preview of the theme, and would love to get it to work.
Please let me know if there is any information I can provide that will facilitate things.
Kind regards,
Rasmus
Since you are on 10.04 you probably need a newer version of murrine as well.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:murrine-daily/ppa
and update murrine, this should do the trick.
Thanks SkiesOfAzel.. I installed awn but could not get the edges to look like your sceenshot. Is there a theme that I should to apply for that?
Another question, can these edges be applied on the normal gnome panel? I currently use it as a dock by un-expanding it and increasing the size to 50 pixels.
I've noticed that the edges of the gnome panel change slightly from theme to theme but I'm not sure if it can be altered to look like the one in the screenshot.
That is an indication that the tiheum equinox ppa isn't properly added to your sources list. Repeat the steps:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
and then retry:
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox
In my ubuntu, your theme doesn't function!
Orta is ok, but Atolm is like "GNOME theme" with gray windows and gray rectangular buttons.
Why???
I can't understand!
Help!!!
Bye!
The murrine and equinox gtk engines are probably not installed:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox gtk2-engines-murrine
and restart your session.
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manolis940@samsung:~$ sudo apt-get install atolm-theme Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package atolm-theme
Any chance of having a gtk3 and gnome shell update for this theme? Thanks
Your PPA goes in just fine but wont update for 12.04. I would love to check out your work but can't because I can't download it from the PPA.
Hey, awesome theme. Uhm, well, maybe this is the stupidest question you have ever had but... Can I get this work on xfce4? Thanks!
in thunderbird ( http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/selection001d.png/ ) the email headers show like in the screenshot. one by one lines are very dark in background so that the text becomes almost unreadable. anyone knows which file do i have to edit to specify a lighter gray for the second color? (the "detailed list" view in thunar uses another set of colors and doesnt have this problem..)
nevermind, i found the solution here http://www.linnhe2.free-online.co.uk/thunderbird/chrome.html
I have had the same problem/complaint. I have tried a few times to edit Thunderbird's userChrome.css file to achieve acceptable formatting, but have never been successful... Would you mind posting the specific code you used for yours, and the version of Thunderbird you are running? Thank you in advance for your assistance.
hi, sorry for the late reply, here is mine and it works ok @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* set default namespace to XUL */ /* change Thread pane alternating row colours TB2 & 3 */ #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(odd) { -moz-appearance: none !important; background-image: none !important; background-color:#EFEFEF !important; } #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(even) { -moz-appearance: none !important; background-image: none !important; background-color:#CCCCCC !important; } #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected) { background-color: -moz-Dialog !important; } #threadTree treechildren::-moz-tree-row(selected, focus) { background-color: Highlight !important; } #folderTree{ background-color: #EFEFEF !important; } #folderTree > treechildren{ background-color: #CCCCCC !important; }
Hi =) i realy love your Theme =) but a question, since i use it my Close, Minimize and Maximize Buttons are Left and the Menu Button is right. Since i've use PC's i had this always the oposite way and its pretty hard to get this in my head ._. is there a way to get the X, Maximize, Minimize Buttons Back to te right side and the Menu Button back to the left side ? ^^ Lg =)
I love it :) I got it work minus the icons. :/
Meh... Forget the above. I sorted it now :) Everything is working. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
Running Ubuntu 10.04 having followed all directions and double checked that the engines where installed, I can't get it to work either -- I have the same problem as slaykristian. I've run through the tips you gave him, but it didn't have and effect. Help is much appreciated -- I really like the preview of the theme, and would love to get it to work. Please let me know if there is any information I can provide that will facilitate things. Kind regards, Rasmus
Since you are on 10.04 you probably need a newer version of murrine as well. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:murrine-daily/ppa and update murrine, this should do the trick.
Thank you! It worked like a charm!
atolm is fantastic, but could you repair this one little glitch? http://img192.imageshack.us/i/zrzutekranu1d.png/
Beautiful theme!! What is the dock you're using?
It's awn.
Thanks SkiesOfAzel.. I installed awn but could not get the edges to look like your sceenshot. Is there a theme that I should to apply for that? Another question, can these edges be applied on the normal gnome panel? I currently use it as a dock by un-expanding it and increasing the size to 50 pixels. I've noticed that the edges of the gnome panel change slightly from theme to theme but I'm not sure if it can be altered to look like the one in the screenshot.
part of the problem might be the line "sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox" doesn't find and install the equinox engine. it didn't for me.
That is an indication that the tiheum equinox ppa isn't properly added to your sources list. Repeat the steps: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-get update and then retry: sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox
part of the problem might be the line "sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox" doesn't find and install the equinox engine. it didn't for me.
In my ubuntu, your theme doesn't function! Orta is ok, but Atolm is like "GNOME theme" with gray windows and gray rectangular buttons. Why??? I can't understand! Help!!! Bye!
The murrine and equinox gtk engines are probably not installed: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox gtk2-engines-murrine and restart your session.
gtk2-engines-equinox and gtk2-engines-murrine are installed! I don't know why Atolm doesn't function!