On 01 May 2014, at 14:23, [email protected] wrote: > Yesssssssss!!!!!! > > Esteban, you really made my day on this one. > you are welcome :) > The good thing is also that with your changes we can spot where to look for > changing all we want now. > yes, the idea was to make a dark theme possible by removing hardcoded colorisation and dumb things (I like current one, but the most important is that now *it is* possible to play with themes for real).
now, we need to think how we can actually integrate the changes to the image (I suppose not in the way it is done now, as I said… it is mostly a hack). Esteban > Thanks again. > > Phil > > Le 1 mai 2014 14:08, "Sven Van Caekenberghe" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > Wow! > > > > This will make a couple of people very happy, and it is quite impressive. > > > > Seriously, you found time to finish this while labouring during days on the > > Pharo 3 release, are you sure you are not extra-terrestial ? > > > > Works like a charm : > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Sven > > > > PS: Yes, we should do the effort to make it possible to do this for real > > (clean). > > > > On 01 May 2014, at 13:24, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Dark Theme for Pharo 3 > >> ================== > >> > >> So, I finally took some time and hacked a Dark Theme for Pharo 3: > >> > >> <Screen Shot 2014-05-01 at 13.11.57.png> > >> > >> How you install it? You need to execute this script: > >> > >> “1. You need this because otherwise Gofer merge becomes dumb :P" > >> MCRepositoryGroup default > >> addRepository: (MCSmalltalkhubRepository > >> owner: 'estebanlm' > >> project: 'Pharo3DarkTheme'). > >> “2. Now we can actually MERGE the project" > >> Gofer it > >> smalltalkhubUser: 'estebanlm' project: 'Pharo3DarkTheme'; > >> package: 'Pharo3DarkTheme'; > >> merge. > >> “3. And then install it" > >> Pharo3DarkTheme installFullTheme. > >> > >> WARNING 1: You need to do a merge (notice the script) > >> WARNING 2: Yes, this is a HACK (also: an ugly hack). See below for > >> details. > >> WARNING 3: This changes something in the Pharo3Theme too... so you can go > >> back after installing, but not completely :) > >> > >> Considerations > >> -------------- > >> > >> It can look like an easy task, to make a theme over a non native GUI like > >> Pharo, but let me tell you: It is not. There are a lot of glitches and > >> errors of design you have to overcome to get a working version of a theme. > >> This is a pitty because we claim that our system is clean (or should be > >> clean) and easy to understand. > >> > >> But all the Morphic implementation is a hack over a hack, with preconcepts > >> and hardcodes everywhere, up to a point that to make the smallest change > >> is an incredibly annoying task. > >> > >> Then... I added ""yet another hack"" to this infinite list. I made it > >> because we need something like this, even if not a good solution. And I > >> also made it to start a debate into our community. I truly believe that > >> Morphic was a great idea, but I also believe that current implementation > >> is doomed. I would like to discuss a new implementation, with a good > >> design (for example I believe it should be a clear separation between a > >> morph and it's skin, making easy the actual-hard task of changing a > >> colorset). > >> I also believe there will be a clear separation between what is a Morph (a > >> graphical unit) and a Widget (who at the time should use morphs, but > >> that's another story). > >> Etc., etc., etc. > >> > >> So, will we start the longtime postponed effort of effectively replace > >> current Morphic? > >> > >> In the mean time, enjoy the theme. Is so cool that I'm considering making > >> it my default theme :P > >> > >> Esteban > >> > >
