Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Well, I finally found the key (I think). Merely changing the file extension on the tar.gz file isn't enough. I have to set up a subdirectory under /themes with the ~.etheme designation, then untar the geezer into that subdirectory. That seems to work...for now anyway. Thanks to all, and keep yer p

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:37:57 -0600 Ronald Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Should I be watching this thread for a flame war? ;p > > > R. > > > P.s. > > This was an attempt at humor. Dunno. I didn't intend to open a can of thin, slimy, wiggly critters! Pete -- ~

RE: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Ronald Lau
Should I be watching this thread for a flame war? ;p R. P.s. This was an attempt at humor. -Original Message- From: Peter N. Spotts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 31 October 2003, at 03:02:34 (+), Hall Stevenson wrote: > True, but themes.org had no problem doing the MIME type part... Most of the people who were higher-ups within themes.org were also E users. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 18:36, Michael Jennings wrote: > On Friday, 31 October 2003, at 01:17:02 (+), > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > Apparently freshmeat is the culprit here as they don't offer > > *.etheme files, but *.tar.gz instead. > > raster is also partly to blame because he decided to inv

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Michael Jennings
On Friday, 31 October 2003, at 01:17:02 (+), Hall Stevenson wrote: > Apparently freshmeat is the culprit here as they don't offer > *.etheme files, but *.tar.gz instead. raster is also partly to blame because he decided to invent a new filetype (.etheme) for no reason, forcing anyone distribu

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 01:17:02 + Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently freshmeat is the culprit here as they don't offer *.etheme > files, but *.tar.gz instead. If you rename the *.tar.gz to *.etheme > and put it in ~/.enlightenment/themes BUT DO NOT UN-TAR it, you're > saying i

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Hall Stevenson
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 14:12, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > Thanks. I'll try the purge all...and yes, both expanded and *.etheme > have been deleted. You'll run into (broken ??) themes like this too often. I tend to stick to the "popular" ones and it's safe that way. You find a "cool-looking" one at Fr

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Thanks. I'll try the purge all...and yes, both expanded and *.etheme have been deleted. I have to say I'm still getting used to Enlightement's approach to themes. Some of the tarry geezers I unwrap don't have a *.etheme file in them. And I thought I read somewhere that all I need to do for many the

Re: [e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread BAM
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 08:08, Peter N. Spotts wrote: > Folks, > > Even after I > removed the offending theme, I still get its borders around the pager > and icon box. What configuration file do I need to inspect and alter by > hand to get my theme changes resynchronized? That's strange. Did you r

[e-users] Some themes just don't know when to quit!

2003-10-31 Thread Peter N. Spotts
Folks, I was installing and trying out some new themes and have run into a problem. When I change themes, everything changes but the borders around the iconbox and pager. For some reason, those two features retain a previously activated theme. And they display this theme's borders, no matter which