[ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

[Andrea Cimitan]

2008/9/7 Rico Sta. Cruz <dropbox at ambiescent.com>:
>
> Hey guys. Sorry to resurrect an almost-dying thread, but the Dust theme just
> got a few updates which might be interesting a few people. If anyone's been
> disappointed about it before, maybe now's a good time to give it another
> chance. Will really appreciate some constructive feedback.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
> http://dump.ambiescent.com/i/dust-september-7.png
>
>

You should rewrite that theme with the latest murrine svn release, not
that old 29 May of kwwii's repository.
Much of the contrast function was rewritten, making your themes
incompatible (if you use the contrast functionality)


> Ken Vermette wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Rico Sta. Cruz
>> <dropbox at ambiescent.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there any way we can get some GTK love on this theme? I'm currently
>>> lost
>>> at figuring out how to make the menubar have a gradient.
>>>
>>> The latest versions are always at:
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
>>>
>>>
>>> -Rico S.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kido Mariano wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I *tried* to implement the Dust theme using one of my other themes as
>>> > base. Try it out:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.geocities.com/kid_orig/themer/Dust-0.tar.gz
>>> > (requires Aurora engine installed)
>>> >
>>> > It's still a bit far from the mockup, and some apps have problems (most
>>> > notably Firefox, due to quirks in the Aurora engine). Anyone care to
>>> > help?
>>> >
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>>
>> I also read about your firefox issue. I found a fix in the SlickneSS theme
>> involving "userchrome.css"; It should be in the Kin Dust theme, just
>> replace
>> the text colour in the file (bottom of file) with whatever colour you
>> want.
>>
>> For the menubar, if you use a pixmap, you can just use an image with any
>> gradient you want. I reccoment SVG for excellent scaling.
>>
>> I can get more detailed on these, but I really just reccomend downloading
>> a
>> could other themes with the sttributes you need, and then borrowing code.
>> Kin Didymous has very similar features (It was inspired by Dust) so it has
>> almost everythig you're already looking for. Mind you, it's kind of
>> sloppily
>> coded right now...
>>
>> (GTK / Userchrome.css, I think)
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Kin%20Dust?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Human-Didymous.tar.gz
>>
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