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Izuil

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Registered: 2006-10-07

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[Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

In my /usr/share/themes/

I have alot of folder which contains folders called xfwm4 none of those themes are working, xfce doesn't even show them in the list.

Where do i put these?

Last edited by Izuil (2007-05-13 22:16:14)

akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

I put my themes under ~/.themes and the icons under ~/.icons, There's also some goodies to edit under ~/.config

I believe its best to place it there, because if you install a theme that might be bad, it will only affect you and not the system wide settings.

Izuil

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Registered: 2006-10-07

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

Okey will try that

EDIT:   .themes don't seem to work and what was i supposed to find in .config?

Last edited by Izuil (2007-05-12 23:25:48)

akejo

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

What did you place in the .themes directory? What files?

Under my directory it looks like this:

~/themes/ThemeName/gtk-2.0/gtkrc (Where gtkrc is the actual file that describe the theme)

I also have, in my case, Murrina window borders and buttons and under that dir(~/.themes/Murrine/xfwm4) is all the xpm and png files used for the window decorations.

And .config. Well I just mentioned that directory because there's a bunch of different options in files one can edit to make a personal look.

For example in ~/.config/xfce4/desktop/xfdesktoprc you can add

[file-icons]
show-filesystem=false

to display or show certain icons on your desktop(In my case I don't show the File System icon).

akejo

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

Just wanted to add a link I've used that might help you

http://wiki.xfce.org/tips#how_to_install_new_themes

Izuil

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Registered: 2006-10-07

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

gtk 2 themes work

I might have misunderstood you and the xfce layout.
I thought the things called /themename/xfwm4/   was themes too. Are they?

akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

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Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

gtk 2 themes work

I might have misunderstood you and the xfce layout.
I thought the things called /themename/xfwm4/   was themes too. Are they?

If you mean the one I used as an example(~/.themes/Murrine/xfwm4), then yes its also a theme but for the window borders, buttons and so on.

Basically, yes it is. The 'styles' is separated in two parts, the window manager styles and the GTK+ styles, I use examples from the link I posted above

Window Manager themes: ~/.themes/<theme_name>/xfwm4/

The above have graphics for example window borders, close and maximize buttons.

GTK+ Themes: ~/.themes/<theme_name>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc

And this one describe the window widgets itself, buttons text fields and so on.

(I assume you already know that ~ is your home directory.)

So to have a 'complete' theme I have added, again in my example, theme files from Murrina to both these directories to have the same style on both the GTK+ part and on the window manager.

So if you download a theme, extract it to ~/.themes, to be a 'complete' theme that cover both gtk+ and window manager the theme directory ~/.themes/<theme_name> should have both gtk-2.0/gtkrc(for GTK+) and xfwm4/(for window manager) sub directories.

Last edited by akejo (2007-05-13 14:09:05)

Izuil

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-10-07

Posts: 162

Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

gtk 2 themes work

I might have misunderstood you and the xfce layout.
I thought the things called /themename/xfwm4/   was themes too. Are they?

If you mean the one I used as an example(~/.themes/Murrine/xfwm4), then yes its also a theme but for the window borders, buttons and so on.

Basically, yes it is. The 'styles' is separated in two parts, the window manager styles and the GTK+ styles, I use examples from the link I posted above

Window Manager themes: ~/.themes/<theme_name>/xfwm4/

The above have graphics for example window borders, close and maximize buttons.

GTK+ Themes: ~/.themes/<theme_name>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc

And this one describe the window widgets itself, buttons text fields and so on.

(I assume you already know that ~ is your home directory.)

So to have a 'complete' theme I have added, again in my example, theme files from Murrina to both these directories to have the same style on both the GTK+ part and on the window manager.

So if you download a theme, extract it to ~/.themes, to be a 'complete' theme that cover both gtk+ and window manager the theme directory ~/.themes/<theme_name> should have both gtk-2.0/gtkrc(for GTK+) and xfwm4/(for window manager) sub directories.

Wonderful That explanation was great! I had missed the part about xfwm4 being the close/maximize buttons....

Thanks a lot

This is for you: http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/unmillon.htm

akejo

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 98

Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

Wonderful That explanation was great! I had missed the part about xfwm4 being the close/maximize buttons....

Thanks a lot

This is for you: http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/unmillon.htm

Glad I could help.

Thanks for the link, watched it to the end ;-)

Izuil

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-10-07

Posts: 162

Re: [Solved] How do I install xfwm4 themes?

Wonderful That explanation was great! I had missed the part about xfwm4 being the close/maximize buttons....

Thanks a lot

This is for you: http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/unmillon.htm

Glad I could help.

Thanks for the link, watched it to the end ;-)

To the end?! Are you serious? :S