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How to actually add themes to rockbox

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MarcGuay:

--- Quote from: stickris on January 31, 2008, 05:19:52 PM ---Its alright, got it working with rbutil.  They went straight on.  Thanks for the help.  For future reference for other less experienced people trying this, It might be a good idea if a little paragraph was put at the top of the themes page explaining how to get them on the player.  

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Why not give a little something back to the community and do it yourself?

ZincAlloy:

--- Quote from: Febs on January 31, 2008, 05:08:46 PM ---I don't use OS X, but I remember from past threads that people who have had difficulty when its native unzip utility had better luck with a program called Onyx.  Try searching the forums for that term.

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the unzip utility isn't the problem. the problem is Finder. OSX doesn't merge folder structures - it replaces the old folder structures with the new one. consequently the unzippers rename the unzipped .rockbox file to .rockbox.2 or something similar.
.rockbox is hidden in OSX, btw. file names starting with a dot are reserved for system files. There's no option in GUI that allows for displaying hidden files. There are software tools that can make OSX change that behaviour (like Tinker Tool for instance) - it can also be accomplished by command line - what a p.i.t.a....

stickris:
I would write a paragraph, but I've got a feeling that I've just been incredibly stupid and there's probably an easy fix, which some more accomplished Mac user would soon point out.

Just for future reference, the command line your looking for is:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON

which you type into the Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and then force quit the finder,  the hidden dot files are revealed.  However this also reveals all the OS X system files so people doing this should be careful not to delete any causing a potentially serious bugger up.  To change it back, replace the ON with OFF and force quit again.

MarcGuay:

--- Quote from: stickris on January 31, 2008, 06:29:24 PM ---I would write a paragraph, but I've got a feeling that I've just been incredibly stupid and there's probably an easy fix, which some more accomplished Mac user would soon point out.

Just for future reference, the command line your looking for is:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles ON

which you type into the Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and then force quit the finder,  the hidden dot files are revealed.  However this also reveals all the OS X system files so people doing this should be careful not to delete any causing a potentially serious bugger up.  To change it back, replace the ON with OFF and force quit again.

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That doesn't sound so stupid to me.   :)

Philip:
wouldn't the easiest answer be that

the single .bmp file that is the backdrop goes in the backdrops folder
the .fnt file (if present) goes into the fonts folder
the .cfg file goes in the themes folder
the .wps file and the directory of the same name go in the wps folder

all the folder above are in .rockbox

there is no need to download any other software (unless mac OSX doesn't support drag and drop?? (never used it))

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