On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:09:22 +0300 Markus Törnqvist <m...@nysv.org> said:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:31:29PM -0700, mk wrote: > > > >Think of this: why matadors use red (orange is basically red a bit of yellow > >added) to excite bulls? Why red is used to mark whorehouses? These colors > >are extremely disturbing psychologically speaking. > > As a piece of trivia, the Helsinki metro is a horrible orange; > http://www.raitio.org/metro/kalusto/m100/m100_kuvat/109_ik.jpg > http://areena.yle.fi/static/mk/images/previews/ed/ed1d4916505e4c66a708711296167e2e/47945_preview_620.jpg > > The rationale I heard is that when they were originally building it > in the early 80s, they chose that color because they were afraid > hobos and others would start hanging out in the metros. This still > happens in the winters, but the color is meant to deter people. > > I do use a red-ish theme, can't remember which one, at home but > on my laptop I only changed the background image on the default > theme and it's really cool that gtk2 apps now look the same. Wish > I hadn't put up with the default gtk looks for years and now it > looks like I have to do that with gtk3 :/ > > When I was on Window Maker I made some themes of my own. > Looking at these screenshots makes me feel like a kid again :D > > But I do wish making themes for Enlightenment was as easy > as making wmaker themes back then. > > A couple of band-related themes: > http://mjt.nysv.org/screenshots/entil-ajattara_theme.jpg > http://mjt.nysv.org/screenshots/entil-kotiteollisuus_theme.jpg > http://mjt.nysv.org/screenshots/entil-symphonyx_theme.jpg > which turned out annoying to be actually used, but good finger > practice. > > I used this one for the longest time > http://mjt.nysv.org/screenshots/entil-alsashot.png > > The one I ended up finally using was this because the image > is so cool. Guess it was a big hit at the time ;) > http://mjt.nysv.org/screenshots/unleash_tacgnol_theme_proto.png > > But the story to be learned is that even a clueless kid like > I-back-then could tell what works and what doesn't. Most themes > for wmaker were crap - as were most for enlightenment. > > Noticing this should be an encouragement for theme makers to > try a bit harder and I for one will read the links on color > theory here, because it's all pretty new to me :D > > Hopefully get a theme or two ported that I used to use > to enlightenment some day, but even better :) > > Is this still current? > http://www.bodhilinux.com/e17guide/e17guideEN/creating_themes.html > > Wasn't there a GUI app for editing Edje files? Googling comes > up kinda empty, though there seem to be references to something... there are several. editje in python, enventor is a new one in c (with text + preview to the left), and eflete (a theme editor geared to elementary with templates). for you - i might suggest enventor right now. but themes for e are massive beasts. there is a reason - they define just about everything you see. in gory detail. animation, behavior, layout, padding, sizing, styling, lighting, colors etc. - they are massively powerful. a theme can just about turn the world upside down in gory nitty pixel-perfect detail with scaling and resizing and all... but all that power comes with a cost - complexity. :( you will find themes are not THAT complex, but they are BIG. they are just more and more and more of ... stuff. ;) > Thanks! > > -- > mjt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions > Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems > Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. > Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration > http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
