On Tue, 10/18/16, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Refracta on Distrowatch To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 12:40 PM On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Go Linux <goli...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Here's a suggestion . . . >> >> Why don't you roll your own low vision-friendly Refracta! >>
> That ain't a half bad idea! OK. Let's get to it! >> >> That would be so easy to do with refractasnapshot >> > I'll need guidance with refractasnapshot. http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta/documents.html >> >> after you've made the appropriate changes >> > Yeah, that was my next question. Changes to what? Where do I start in > making this theme? Change the wallpaper/background by right clicking on the desktop. Fonts, etc. from Menu > Settings > Appearance >> >> and way more efficient than us trying to figure >> out what would and wouldn't work. >> > Yeah, I could do it in a day, which is way quicker than a back and > forth via IRC. Time will tell. >> >> Don't know if fsr has room to >> host it himself but he could surely provide prominent links to it on >> the Refracta website, forum and sourceforge. >> > Well wait. This thing is only relevant if, at boot, the person can > choose it. If it's hosted elsewhere, and the user must navigate through > an interface he can't see in order to download it, it's not worth doing. > Anybody interested in refracta would be made aware of a low-vision friendly edition and where to download it. And as fsr mentioned, perhaps it could be included in the main iso as another user. Only problem I see with that is that refracta is pared down to fit on a cd so there might not be room to do it that way. > > Remember, this is like a buried shovel. The user must read in order to > use my theme, and must use my theme to read. > See above. Potential users will READ before they download so will know how and where to get what they need. > > Does Refracta ship with a factory direct, untweaked clearlooks? That > might be a good place to start. > Both Devuan and Refracta use a customized Clearlooks-Phenix theme. Clearlooks is not GTK3 friendly and these days GTK3 support is really needed. Clearlooks-Phenix was the best compromise. > > And I'll need your help on this, because I don't know which files and > variables change which properties. I'll just ask you on #debianfork. > That should get you started. > > Thanks, > > SteveT > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
