Themes For Window Maker
Note: the information contained in this file is only valid for themes in the .themed (for theme directory) format, supported in Window Maker 0.20.4 or newer.
How To Install a Theme Pack
To install a theme, unpack your theme into your WindowMaker directory (the same as old-style themes), usually ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
cd ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
gzip -dc "xyztheme.tar.gz" | tar xvf -
You can also do this in your system-wide WindowMaker directory (usually /usr/local/share/WindowMaker) to have the themes be available to all your users. This will probably need to be done with root access.
How To Load a Theme
Use the setstyle command to load a theme. Example:
setstyle xyztheme.themed
Note that if you move the directory of the theme (for example, from ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes to /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Themes) you will have to reload that theme so that path information is updated.
How To Make a Theme Pack
To create a theme pack from your current configuration, use the getstyle utility with the -p flag. Example:
getstyle -p ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/MyTheme
This will create a theme pack (a new directory in either the current directory or a directory you specify) named MyTheme.themed, containing everything it requires, including all pixmap files. In this example, the new theme pack would be made in your themes directory and be immediately available in your Themes menu.
Additionally, you can put a text file named MyTheme.lsm in the MyTheme.themed directory. This file can contain info like copyrights, credits or whatever.
To distribute your theme, just make a .tar.gz of the .themed directory. This is preferably done from the same directory that you unpack the themes from to maintain consistancy with the old theme format.
- Example
cd ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
tar cvf MyTheme.tar Themes/MyTheme.themed
gzip MyTheme.tar
How To Delete a Theme Pack
Just remove the .themed directory. Example:
cd ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes rm -fr themename.themed
How To Save Disk Space
If you have more than 1 theme that use the same huge background image, you can delete all the duplicated files and then create hard links in place of them. For example, if you have:
theme1.themed/back.jpg
theme2.themed/backimage.jpg
theme3.themed/back.jpg
and all three files contain the same image, you can do:
rm theme2.themed/backimage.jpg
rm theme3.themed/back.jpg
ln theme1.themed/back.jpg theme2.themed/backimage.jpg
ln theme1.themed/back.jpg theme3.themed/back.jpg