A 2nd option would be to make a dbus method for changing the theme via
the new 'enlightenment_remote' tool and send it to the dev mailing list
for svn commit.
dh
On 01/01/2011 10:12 PM, Christopher Michael wrote:
> HAHAHA, Ok but keep in mind this is in no way "official", and will
> require a bit of work in your script (not to mention is incredibly
> hackish) ;)
>
> Basically, what you are going to do is decompile the existing e.cfg file
> (usually in ~/.e/e/config/standard/e.cfg) using eet:
>
> 'eet -d /path/to/e.cfg config /path/to/temporary/e.src'
>
> This will output the current E config settings into a text file called
> e.src. Now you can run a 'sed' or something on e.src and replace the
> theme filename. What you are looking for in the e.src file is something
> like this:
>
> group "themes" list {
> group "E_Config_Theme" struct {
> value "category" string: "theme";
> value "file" string:
> "/usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/default.edj";
> }
> }
>
> Just sed the "file" line with the new theme, and save the file.
>
> Now you need to recompile it into binary:
>
> 'eet -e /path/to/e.cfg config /path/to/e.src 1'
>
> Restart E (assuming the new e.cfg is still in the standard place) and
> done. Should work ... in theory ;)
>
> dh
>
> On 01/01/2011 10:04 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>> I'll take ghetto and hackish. Never was one to argue with results ;)
>>
>> ~Jeff
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Christopher Michael
>> <cpmicha...@comcast.net>wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/01/2011 09:38 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes I know about this command - but as you said it does not do very much
>>>> any
>>>> more. Is there really no way to do this they? I am working on a script to
>>>> change both GTK and Enlightenment theme at the same time so they can
>>>> match.
>>>>
>>>> ~Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Christopher Michael
>>>> <cpmicha...@comcast.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 01/01/2011 08:09 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a command I can run from the CLI to change E theme?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> ~Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Back in the good old days, yes there was. It was called
>>>>> 'enlightenment_remote' . That same tool exists today, but is in a much
>>>>> more
>>>>> limited (and limiting) form and only uses dbus calls these days :( A
>>>>> quick
>>>>> '--help' of the current 'enlightenment_remote' tool shows that it's not
>>>>> possible to change the theme (or much of anything else) anymore :(
>>>>>
>>>>> dh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> Correct. There is no other 'nice' way to do it :(
>>>
>>> I can offer a 'not so nice'& 'hackish' way for you todo it if really
>>> really really needed ;) BUT it's fairly ghetto
>>>
>>> dh
>>>
>>>
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