GKrellM Themes Changelog
Theme changes in 1.0.0
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None.
Theme changes in 0.10.1 - 0.10.5
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Not much, 0.10.4 fixes a couple of bugs, and 0.10.5 adds set_integer
and set_string options for plugins to the gkrellmrc.
Theme changes in 0.10.0
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Plugins are now themeable the same as builtins. You can put custom bg_panel
images in plugin subdirectories. See the Themes.html doc. This has
evolved a new theme format.
The change is not dramatic, just rename monitor specific images into
appropriate subdirectories.
Other new stuff: spacer images, charts and panels can have transparency.
0.10.0
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* Added set_image_border option which gives a way to specify a border for
an image extension a monitor may add. The standard backgrounds bg_panel.png
and bg_chart.png have borders set with Style lines. But if a monitor adds
an extension background image (eg. GKrellMMS has an additional background
bg_scroll.png for its scrolling title panel) it can add a hook so the image
border can be set (GKrellMMS adds the hook 'gkrellmms_bg_scroll'). So
if you added the extension image gkrellmms/bg_scroll.png to your theme, you
could set the border for it with:
set_image_border gkrellmms_bg_scroll l,r,t,b
* Chart, panel, and meter areas can have total or partial transparency.
Just add lines to the gkrellmrc. To get total transparency:
StyleChart *.transparency 1
For partial transparency, the root pixmap will show through transparent
parts of backgrounds if you put in lines like:
StyleMeter *.transparency 2
Since this is not backwards compatible, any theme using this should
be submitted in the new 0.10.0 format (no few weeks exception - see
next item).
Also, any theme which adds plugin theming should not mix formats. The
whole thing should be in the new 0.10.0 format.
* Revised theme code to enable plugins to have monitor specific theme
images and gkrellmrc Style settings just like the builtins.
So, a new theme organization has evolved, but at least all old themes
are still handled so there should be a quiet and painless transition
to the new format over time - nothing like the changes for 0.9.x, I'm
not doing that again!!
A few weeks after this release Maher and I will probably start asking
all themes submitted to the theme site to use the new format, but I
expect the program will continue to handle 0.9.x formats for a
reasonably long time.
It's all pretty simple, monitor specific images are now in subdirectories
rather than having name qualification. Just move images to subdirs,
Eg, a simple 0.9.x theme:
bg_chart.png
bg_panel.png
bg_meter.png
bg_meter_fs.png
krell_meter_fs.png
krell_meter_mem.png
Becomes in 0.10.0:
bg_chart.png
bg_panel.png
bg_meter.png
fs/bg_meter.png
fs/krell.png
mem/krell.png
The Themes doc is updated, so take a look.
* New optional monitor specific images: spacer_top.png and spacer_bottom.png
and spacer_top_height / spacer_bottom_height lines in gkrellmrc.
0.9.8 - 0.9.10
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None I can think off.
0.9.7
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* Theme alternatives are possible. Put a line in your gkrellmrc:
theme_alternatives = N
and then you can have 1 - N different gkrellmrc and image alternatives
that can be selected in the Themes tab. For each alternative N,
you can have an optional gkrellmrc_N whose options will override any
set in the base level gkrellmrc. If any image_N.png exists, it will
be used in place of the base image.png. This can be used to give
some flexibility to your theme. You could have more than one frame
style or different font colors and sizes.
0.9.0 - 0.9.3
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* Run "gkrellm -demo" to force visibility of some less frequently used
features: cpu temps, apm monitor, demo of slider in meter and panel...
* Image name changes and gkrellmrc changes makes this GKrellM version
incompatible with themes for previous versions.
* Themes now loaded without restarting. Apply button applies.
* New images: button_meter_in/out and button_panel_in/out
bg_slider_panel, bg_slider_meter, krell_slider,
decal_timer_button
* Obsolete images: bg_bordered, bg_spacer, ppp_button, frame_side, and
frame_horizontal.
* Keyboard shortcut aids:
F5 Reload current theme
F6 Toggle theme image loading debugging
f7 Toggle theme gkrellmrc parsing debugging
# margin Style option for left/right justified labels and decals. These
positions are now decoupled from left/right borders. Labels are still
placed vertically within top/bottom borders.
0.8.0 Fri Jan 14, 2000
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* Theme directory is changed from ~/.gkrellm to ~/.gkrellm/themes
* Use of images frame_horizontal.xxx and frame_side.xxx are deprecated.
New themes should not use them and old themes should be converted. I
would like for them to go away.
* In the gkrellmrc:
-> Frame_side_border is replaced with frame_left_border and
frame_right_border. Frame_width is replaced with frame_left_width
and frame_right_width.
-> New options frame_top_height and frame_bottom_height to allow rendering
to dimensions different from the drawn frame_top/bottom images.
-> label, meter, time, alt1, alt2 text can have a shadow color specified.
-> Colors for individual panel labels can be specified with style lines to
override the general colors.
* Frame images can have transparency.
* Additional background panel images: bg_meter_uptime, bg_meter_cal,
bg_meter_clock, bg_meter_host.
* As originally intended, decals (net LEDs) can now really overlap.
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Some ideas now possible:
1) Make a custom bg_meter_host to integrate with a transparent frame_top
for a more impressive top frame. Likewise with bg_meter_uptime
and frame_bottom.
2) You can create a single combined clock/calendar background by making
the larger image and then splitting it into bg_meter_clock and
bg_meter_cal. This could also be done with bg_meter_mem / bg_meter_swap.
3) Set a panel label_shadow_color bright and label_color dim to get
an etched in look for the label.
4) Overlap net LEDs in various ways: concentric circles, tri-color LED,
some kind of intertwined pattern.
0.7.4
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* Added frame_side_border to gkrellmrc.
0.7.1 - 0.7.3
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* None
0.7.0
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* New gkrellmrc author line so theme authors can be credited in the Themes
configuration tab. Just add a line to your gkrellmrc like:
author = "yourname email address"
* Added optional images data_in.xxx, data_in_etch.xxx, data_out.xxx,
and data_out_etch.xxx. If these images exist in the theme directory
they will be used to plot data. Otherwise use the colors specified in
gkrellmrc. Textured or 3D plotted data to go with your bg_chart.xxx
is now possible (but is not noticeable with sparse data).
0.6.8
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* I should have made a notice of this for release 0.6.7, but
Maher Awamy has put up a GKrellM theme site at www.muhri.net.
Check it out, there are some nice themes showing up.
* String values in gkrellmrc can have quotes around them. So, font names
can have spaces.
* New options in gkrellmrc: chart_width_ref, allow_scaling.
* Monitor label midpoint positions can now be specified as a percent
of chart_width.
The above allows label positions to be offset to the left (right) of
center to make room to put both LED's to the right (left) of the label.
And the LED's size and position can be scaled as chart sizes are changed.
0.6.5
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* Added a large font for the clock/calendar digits. It uses time_color.
0.6.1
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* I have warned that chart_labels.xxx is subject to change. It has been
done. It no longer exists (likewise with meter_labels and digits).
I draw with X fonts so you can specify fonts and label colors now.
* Two new optional images: frame_left.xxx and frame_right.xxx
* The gkrellmrc file is no longer overloaded to handle user preferences
and theme settings. Now user prefs are done in a gui popup and the
gkrellmrc file is only for theme stuff. For this reason, the
~/.gkrellm/gkrellmrc file is no longer read. A gkrellmrc file is read
only from theme directories specified in gkrellm_theme.cfg or on the
command line.
* Some new settings in the gkrellmrc template.