heh... ok so if we do that how hard would it be for us to add a theme browser to
the prefs? something that scaled down the bitmap fot the main window and blitted
it?
elrod
Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator wrote:
> Well, if we make it so that the user needs to 'import' a theme then the user
> would need to import the updated theme, before it became active.
>
> --ruaok Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul Coughing
>
> Robert Kaye -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark B. Elrod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: where to install theme files to?
>
> > i like option 2 as well. the only downside is that if a user gets an
> updated
> > theme with the same name we might not recognize it unless they know to
> delete
> > the folder it has been expanded to. how can we get around that?
> >
> > elrod
> >
> > Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator wrote:
> >
> > > Sounds good to me.
> > >
> > > I've got a follow up question to that: When and where to theme files get
> > > decompressed to? I see two reasonable options here:
> > >
> > > 1) When FreeAmp starts, it figures out what theme it needs and
> decompresses
> > > it into /tmp/freeamp-$pid/theme (or X:\windows\temp\theme). When FreeAmp
> > > closes the files get cleaned up. Pro: Less wasted disk space Con: Slower
> > > startup time
> > > 2) When the user selects a new theme the theme is decompressed into
> > > ~/.freeamp/theme (or X:\Program Files\FreeAmp\themes\<themename> and it
> run
> > > from there. The themes are never cleaned from the drive unless the user
> > > requests it. Pro: Faster startup Con: Wasted disk space
> > >
> > > I think I prefer option #2.
> > >
> > > --ruaok Freezerburn! All else is only icing. -- Soul Coughing
> > >
> > > Robert Kaye -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://moon.eorbit.net/~robert
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Isaac Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 7:13 PM
> > > Subject: where to install theme files to?
> > >
> > > > So, I was thinking we need to install our default theme somewhere..
> > > Anything
> > > > wrong with $prefix/share/freeamp/themes/default? Any better
> alternatives?
> > > >
> > > > Isaac
> > > >
> >
