Not hard, but given the sheer number of other things that need to get
done -- unlikely. :-(
--ruaok Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul Coughing
Robert Kaye -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark B. Elrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: where to install theme files to?
> heh... ok so if we do that how hard would it be for us to add a theme
browser to
> the prefs? something that scaled down the bitmap fot the main window and
blitted
> it?
>
> elrod
>
> Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator wrote:
>
> > Well, if we make it so that the user needs to 'import' a theme then the
user
> > would need to import the updated theme, before it became active.
> >
> > --ruaok Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul Coughing
> >
> > Robert Kaye -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mark B. Elrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: where to install theme files to?
> >
> > > i like option 2 as well. the only downside is that if a user gets an
> > updated
> > > theme with the same name we might not recognize it unless they know to
> > delete
> > > the folder it has been expanded to. how can we get around that?
> > >
> > > elrod
> > >
> > > Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator wrote:
> > >
> > > > Sounds good to me.
> > > >
> > > > I've got a follow up question to that: When and where to theme files
get
> > > > decompressed to? I see two reasonable options here:
> > > >
> > > > 1) When FreeAmp starts, it figures out what theme it needs and
> > decompresses
> > > > it into /tmp/freeamp-$pid/theme (or X:\windows\temp\theme). When
FreeAmp
> > > > closes the files get cleaned up. Pro: Less wasted disk space Con:
Slower
> > > > startup time
> > > > 2) When the user selects a new theme the theme is decompressed into
> > > > ~/.freeamp/theme (or X:\Program Files\FreeAmp\themes\<themename> and
it
> > run
> > > > from there. The themes are never cleaned from the drive unless the
user
> > > > requests it. Pro: Faster startup Con: Wasted disk space
> > > >
> > > > I think I prefer option #2.
> > > >
> > > > --ruaok Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul
Coughing
> > > >
> > > > Robert Kaye -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Isaac Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 7:13 PM
> > > > Subject: where to install theme files to?
> > > >
> > > > > So, I was thinking we need to install our default theme
somewhere..
> > > > Anything
> > > > > wrong with $prefix/share/freeamp/themes/default? Any better
> > alternatives?
> > > > >
> > > > > Isaac
> > > > >
> > >
>
