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#1 2005-09-10 23:28:00

Gullible Jones
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Registered: 2004-12-29
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PekWM theme troubles

Hey guys, how do I get this theme to work with PekWM? When I configured .pekwm/config to use the theme, the PekWM menus became black... No other color, just black. Where elements of the theme should have been there was... nothing.

Also, I found that, when the theme folder was placed in .pekwm/themes, it still didn't appear in the root menu under the themes section...

What gives?

(I must say I very much like this WM... Like Openbox, but it seems to be developed faster. I do have one suggestion for the PekWM people though... Get rid of that godawful default theme!)

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#2 2005-09-11 02:50:09

ozar
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

That theme is screwed here, too.  The menu itself isn't black, but it is scrambled, and the menu highlight is black.

If I get a chance to play with it and find the problem(s), I'll report back here.


oz

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#3 2005-09-11 08:34:56

corky
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

This is due to the fact that the package in extra is compiled with the --disable-imblib2 option, where imblib2 is needed for a lot of the recent themes.  I just recompiled the package out of abs with it turned on.


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#4 2005-09-11 08:39:19

corky
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Gullible Jones wrote:

Hey guys, how do I get this theme to work with PekWM? When I configured .pekwm/config to use the theme, the PekWM menus became black... No other color, just black. Where elements of the theme should have been there was... nothing.

Also, I found that, when the theme folder was placed in .pekwm/themes, it still didn't appear in the root menu under the themes section...

What gives?

(I must say I very much like this WM... Like Openbox, but it seems to be developed faster. I do have one suggestion for the PekWM people though... Get rid of that godawful default theme!)

Also, you will find the older themes will not work with the current release (thats the one in extra) as the theme format has changed significantly recently.  If you are using the themes from hewphoria (the best place) then they say on each theme which version they are compatible with, 0.1.4-pre1 and above should be fine, anything older may take some edits to make it work (and stop crashing your X).

And as for the default theme, it is revolting, I cant decide if its worse than fvwm's default tho  smile


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#5 2005-09-11 14:52:11

lanrat
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

corky wrote:

This is due to the fact that the package in extra is compiled with the --disable-imblib2 option, where imblib2 is needed for a lot of the recent themes.  I just recompiled the package out of abs with it turned on.

Does everything in pekwm work for you with imlib2 enabled? For me root menu didn't work at all with imlib2 enabled (default theme).

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#6 2005-09-11 15:02:43

corky
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

lanrat wrote:
corky wrote:

This is due to the fact that the package in extra is compiled with the --disable-imblib2 option, where imblib2 is needed for a lot of the recent themes.  I just recompiled the package out of abs with it turned on.

Does everything in pekwm work for you with imlib2 enabled? For me root menu didn't work at all with imlib2 enabled (default theme).

Thats odd, I've been using it with imlib2 enabled and no problems at all, I've just tried it with the default theme, and its fine.  Although I had to switch quickly back to a sane theme before I ripped my own eyes out tongue


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#7 2005-09-11 15:26:20

lanrat
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Ok. Tnx for the info. I'll try it again then.  Maybe I did something else wrong :-) What other configure options do you use ?

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#8 2005-09-11 16:59:01

Gullible Jones
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

PekWM from Extra is compiled without imlib2 support? Then why the hell does it depend on imlib2? :? Somebody send a bug report...

(Corky: the OpenBoxWhite theme was from Hewphoria... In fact, I can't seem to find any other place with PekWM themes, since themedepot.org went offline.)

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#9 2005-09-12 06:15:57

corky
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

lanrat wrote:

Ok. Tnx for the info. I'll try it again then.  Maybe I did something else wrong :-) What other configure options do you use ?

The only other option I do apart from turning on imlib2 is to disable the harbour, as it frequently misbehaves for me.

[edit] I just noticed that some themes when I select them have corrupted decors, but each time a restart from the menu has fixed this.


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#10 2005-09-12 15:04:49

lanrat
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Tnx. It's working great now. I don't know what I did wrong before. I blame the theme :-)

I coudn't find another pekwm themes repository too. There was a link to tar gzipped collection of themes but I can't find it anymore. Most themes in this collection were the same as on hewphoria though (and I think they were older).

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#11 2005-09-12 17:09:16

corky
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Yes, hewphoria is the place to go for pekwm themes, I havent found any rival (recently anyway), I have a few new ones I will release there this weekend as well (shameless self promotion smile)


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#12 2005-09-12 19:18:04

Gullible Jones
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Could someone please submit a bug report on the PekWM package? It shouldn't depend on imlib2 if it's compiled without support for said library, I would think...

Edit: looked at the PKGBUILD - it is compiled with Imblib2 support by default! WTF does it hate that theme so much then? roll

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#13 2005-09-12 21:09:51

ozar
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Gullible Jones wrote:

Edit: looked at the PKGBUILD - it is compiled with Imblib2 support by default! WTF does it hate that theme so much then? roll

I've tried a number of themes from that site and that particular one is the only one that's given me any problems.


oz

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#14 2005-09-12 21:48:03

ozar
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

I just installed it for another quick look and found that it gave me no window title bars or buttons, and the menu itself looks as if the focused window is overlaid on top of the unfocused window.  The text was somewhat scrambled looking, too.  Perhaps it was put together for an older version of Pekwm.  I did notice a date of 1999 on the webpage where you found it, but don't know if that has any significance.


oz

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#15 2005-09-12 22:02:44

Gullible Jones
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

It said it was submitted in 2004 and modified in 1999... :? In fact, the same is said of every single theme on Hewphoria.

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#16 2005-09-14 19:14:49

ozar
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

Yeah, Gullible, I see what you mean about the 1999 date thingy.

The only thing bothering me right now about Pekwm is the shortage of good themes.  I've not found any I really like, so had to customize a couple to suit my tastes, and like you, I can't find any themes online other than those at hewphoria.


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#17 2005-09-14 21:58:05

paranoos
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Registered: 2004-07-22
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Re: PekWM theme troubles

not sure if this has been mentioned already, but pekwm theme specifications have been revised several times, and considering that it's only been under decent development recently, it's safe to say any old themes will not work.

fortunately, i find it's pretty easy to make a theme. i made a fairly basic one, i've posted a screenshot in the september gallery.

one thing i don't like about pekwm themes is that they specify which buttons are available ... if you don't like the default, you have to edit the theme. openbox let you specify your own set of buttons, and which corners to put them in.

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