Hello all, I would like to propose starting to work on a specification for metathemes.
Theme packages which are equipped with multitude of themes, like Gtk+, metacity, icons, cursors, wallpapers, xfwm4, KDE-theme-manager, Kwin, kde-sounds... etc. With the introduction of these 'meta-theme'-packages (lacking a better word for it), artists will be able to provide the user with a complete UI experience in one go. However, this is only going to work if it is going to encapsulate existing theme standards. A metatheme not being a theme by itself, but a package of different real themes, aimed towards providing the user with a complete set of icons, wm-themes, wallpaper(s), cursors and widget-styles. Typically, a metatheme package can be a .tar.gz archive, containing the different themes in folders: /gtk-2/ /metacity/ /xfwm4/ /kth/ /kwin/ /icons/ /wallpapers/ And an index.metatheme or metatheme.xml file containing information about the contents of the package. Like which components are available, a package might not contain an xfwm4 theme for example, and the author, license and release-version/date information. Extensions of some sort might be nice to have too. Example: Some gtk-themes might require a theme-engine to work correctly. The metatheme package should be aware of this so implementations can inform the user about such requirements. I would like to know what you think about this. Regards, Stephan Arts _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
