Theme Gallery

Since now it’s possible to switch themes using external program, I quickly wrote very simple script that switches theme and makes a screenshot of it. And boom.. theme gallery is ready within 5 minutes.

>> Theme Gallery <<

Theme change on the fly note

I just have completed few hacks/tweaks that allow widgets to do delayed destroying. This feature allows to keep certain widgets alive (like systray) during theme changing process. Now with the last update the “reconfigure on the fly feature” should work really smooth.

Proof! (swf, 1.8 megs)

A configurator try

I wanted to show you what is actually possible now (after “reload config on the fly” feature update).

Let me see this! (swf, 1.5 megs)

Reload configuration on the fly

Last few days I was working on that feature. And it’s kinda done. You can try it out that way:

1. Start panel.
2. Edit ~/.config/bmpanel2/bmpanel2rc
3. Run: “killall -SIGUSR1 bmpanel2”

And the configuration is reloaded. There are few glitches however. For example when user reloads theme, the icons from the tray are detached and then attached again. Some applications (like xchat) will not come back to the tray after this action. Sorry for that, but systray specifications kills me. It’s like the root of all evil. First, I had to drop composite support because of that, and now this….

Why do I need this feature? Well, first of all it is now possible to make a configurator utility (like obconf, obmenu or obkey for openbox). Second thing is the launch bar. You can make a configurator utility for this widget too and no restart of the panel is needed.

Spam filter

Just noticed that the spam filter filtered out few of the real comment. So if I didn’t approve your comment for some reason, sorry for that. Now I’m aware of this thing and I’ll check spam messages from time to time. 🙂

Last theme ports

These ones are last ports of lassekongo83‘s art. Done by weakhead. Also I marked all theme related posts in the blog with a “BMPanel2 Themes” category. You can use this link if you’re looking for themes here.

Kupo (uses DejaVu Sans condensed font).

Kupo Finale (uses DejaVu Sans condensed font).

Pucko Modern (uses DejaVu Sans condensed font).

Striped (uses DejaVu Sans condensed font).

I hope you like it.

Five new themes for bmpanel2

Again, really big job done by weakhead. Five new themes, all themes are ports of lassekongo83‘s art:

Alduin (requires condensed version of the DejaVu font).

Auriel.

Knurra.

Curvy (uses DejaVu Sans condensed font).

Cocoa (uses Arial font).

What it means if you have no font specified in a theme? Well, theme engine will simply fall back to some other font. It’s not critical, but it’s recommended to have specified font installed.

And a reminder: you can use “–list” command line option to see where you can place your themes. The first one is very likely located in your home directory (“~/.local/share/bmpanel2/themes”).

And one more thing worth to notice. You’ll need the latest git version to have the best experience with these themes.