LS theme constrution using indie 08/13/2002
Saturday, September 7, 2002 by snarph | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Know of any good basic tutorials/links. Something covering minimum requierment, I have perused the module docs/Ls docs. Just need a little more of a nudge. Doent have to cover third party mods or any thing fancy. Looking through every ones themes is very informative, but its hard to tell where the absolute buttom line ends and personal preference takes over. So any reply will sure help.
moshi
Reply #2 Saturday, September 7, 2002 1:51 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, September 7, 2002 1:51 PM
here is a good start: http://joeblade.com/litestep/tutorials/
Jafo
Reply #3 Saturday, September 7, 2002 8:49 PM
Reply #3 Saturday, September 7, 2002 8:49 PM
Do you mean you want to know what a 'basic' install theme should look like...in the step.rc?
'Needed' modules to load would be ...
desktop
popup
systray
maybe tasks
That's it. Anything else is what makes the theme 'interesting'.
The Dev or Indie build releases 'should' include all the libraries etc needed to function as a shell...
'Needed' modules to load would be ...
desktop
popup
systray
maybe tasks
That's it. Anything else is what makes the theme 'interesting'.
The Dev or Indie build releases 'should' include all the libraries etc needed to function as a shell...
Phar0e
Reply #4 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:03 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:03 PM
Perhaps snarph is wondering what addditional features the indie builds offer over the .24.6 builds of the installer v2 days. And how to implement them in regards to themeing.
You will find the main differences occur in the popup, the shortcuts3 module, math expressions used to define x,y coordinates, and the lscp control panel.
Unfortunately the changes and how to use them aren't very well documented anywhere. On my site (I don't know how to do the link thing so bear with me, http://leechprint.com/Phil/start.htm , that better work or I'm embarassed) Anyway on my site I have documented how to implement the popup changes and some of the shortcut3 commands. Really the shortcut3 is a experimentation module, but the popup commands are easy and commonly used, already.
The math exressions I referred to are tricky, and all you can do there is pull down a couple of newer themes to check that out. They are used mainly for placing modules, etc relative to center coordinates, that type of thing.
The control panel isn't really a themeing feature at all, but it's very cool. You can launch the control panel with the bang command - !lscp
I hope that info is helpfull, cause I'm brutal at typing and this took me fifteen minutes
You will find the main differences occur in the popup, the shortcuts3 module, math expressions used to define x,y coordinates, and the lscp control panel.
Unfortunately the changes and how to use them aren't very well documented anywhere. On my site (I don't know how to do the link thing so bear with me, http://leechprint.com/Phil/start.htm , that better work or I'm embarassed) Anyway on my site I have documented how to implement the popup changes and some of the shortcut3 commands. Really the shortcut3 is a experimentation module, but the popup commands are easy and commonly used, already.
The math exressions I referred to are tricky, and all you can do there is pull down a couple of newer themes to check that out. They are used mainly for placing modules, etc relative to center coordinates, that type of thing.
The control panel isn't really a themeing feature at all, but it's very cool. You can launch the control panel with the bang command - !lscp
I hope that info is helpfull, cause I'm brutal at typing and this took me fifteen minutes
Phar0e
Reply #5 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:04 PM
Reply #5 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:04 PM
Ok, that link thing didn't work so try this...
http://www.leechprint.com/phil/Start.htm
http://www.leechprint.com/phil/Start.htm
Phar0e
Reply #6 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:06 PM
Reply #6 Saturday, September 7, 2002 11:06 PM
woohoo!
I can do the link thing.
I really gotta get out more.
I can do the link thing.
I really gotta get out more.
snarph
Reply #8 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:28 PM
Reply #8 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:28 PM
Jafo thats exactly the kind of information i was seeking. Just enough to get a stable foundation and let the ripple effect take over.
snarph
Reply #9 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:35 PM
Reply #9 Monday, September 9, 2002 8:35 PM
PharOe your site is very insightful thanks hopefuly i can ingest some of that information. Its getting to the point that it only takes a 2 or 3 hours to understand other peoples step.rc's instead of 2 or 3 days . I guess that long learning curve depends on how good you drive and whats driveing you
thanks
thanks
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Reply #1 Saturday, September 7, 2002 1:17 PM