Author: ib Date: Fri Jun 24 14:35:20 2011 New Revision: 33717 Log: Revise (and hopefully clarify) the skin installation documentation.
Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/de/install.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml Fri Jun 24 11:11:36 2011 (r33716) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml Fri Jun 24 14:35:20 2011 (r33717) @@ -194,17 +194,20 @@ execute the <command>gmplayer</command> <para> As <application>MPlayer</application> doesn't have a skin included, you -have to download one if you want to use the GUI. See the <ulink +have to download at least one if you want to use the GUI. See Skins at the <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/dload.html";>download page</ulink>. -It should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory (<filename -class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer/skins</filename>), or to <filename -class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename>. -<application>MPlayer</application> by default looks in these directories -for a directory named <filename class="directory">default</filename>, but -you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>newskin</replaceable></option> -option, or the <literal>skin=newskin</literal> config file directive to use -the skin in the <filename class="directory">*/skins/newskin</filename> -directory. +A skin should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory <filename +class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer/skins</filename> or to the user +specific directory <filename class="directory">$HOME/.mplayer/skins</filename> +and resides as a subdirectory there. +<application>MPlayer</application> by default first looks in the user specific +directory, then the system-wide directory for a subdirectory named +<filename class="directory">default</filename> (which +simply can be a link to your favourite skin) to load the skin, but +you can use the <option>-skin <replaceable>myskin</replaceable></option> +option, or the <literal>skin=myskin</literal> config file directive to use +a different skin from the <filename class="directory">skins</filename> +directories. </para> </sect1> _______________________________________________ MPlayer-DOCS mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs
