Theme repair team wanted.

[soap]

After this week I will have some free time.
I would like to get as many of the repairable themes up and running as possible.
Is there anyone out there who is willing to join me, or help organize the effort?

[karltpb]

I've designed a couple of themes (for iPod Video) and have fixed some too. So I can definitely help with iPod Video ones. Count me in if you feel like.

[AlexP]

Sure, I guess we can discuss it on IRC.

[audio-i]

I'm in too  I got and iPod video and a mini (but if needed I could also help fixing other target's themes using the simulators)

[BdN3504]

I'm in. I've already fixed a couple of themes, for almost all colour targets.

[mmadia]

I've already started repairing Sansa e200 themes for my own personal use and am willing to repair the remaining e200 themes.   In fact, I just asked in #rockbox about getting wiki write access.

[Chronon]

Yeah, I can pitch in a bit later this week.

[BdN3504]

i think we're a team big enough now. Shall we assign themes to everyone, to coordinate the work? Otherwise some themes might get fixed twice... i propose soap writes pms to everyone on the team. or is someone else willing to do this?

[Ste-]

I would love to help.
Having fixed the x5 and nano wps. I'd love to get dirty with more. I'm half way through the h3x0. but with no time left and a holiday at the weekend I don't think I'd have them all done in time.

Sorry folks.


[edit]
I've uploaded the files I've had time to edit. the rest I won't have time to do. hope some of them help.

[soap]

Long day at work today, long day tomorrow, but I'm starting earlier and will be home earlier.
First thing we need is someone(s) to scout out the gallery pages and ID the working and non working themes.

[mmadia]

A new thread is created to help track Theme status.
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=18668

[karltpb]

In my opinion a wiki page would be better to track theme status. It would be easier to update it to reflect the theme status. Moreover it would provide a cleaner look and it would be easier for the users to look up the theme status too.

The other day I was thinking about the themes in the graveyard. Is it okay to list necessary changes alongside each theme (when ever possible) to fix them? I guess we won't have to worry about any licensing issues either.

What do you guys think?

[Llorean]

Listing necessary changes should be okay if it's just something like "replace line 47 with (blah)."

While it should be okay to include small quotes, there's no real reason to do it, so avoiding reproducing any content from the improperly licensed theme is best.

[soap]

In my opinion a wiki page would be better to track theme status. It would be easier to update it to reflect the theme status. Moreover it would provide a cleaner look and it would be easier for the users to look up the theme status too.

True .
I am the one who suggested starting a thread for it, so scold me.
Though, I'd rather spend the time to get this done than to make a wiki page.  Wiki is for permanent info, this (hopefully) is transitory.

The other day I was thinking about the themes in the graveyard. Is it okay to list necessary changes alongside each theme (when ever possible) to fix them? I guess we won't have to worry about any licensing issues either.

I see no problem whatsoever in telling people how to fix graveyard themes, even of posting said repair instructions in the wiki.
That being said, the wiki galleries are going bye bye soon when the official theme site goes live.  The graveyards I think can be left behind, but I would rather concentrate efforts on getting the gallery themes up and running.

[BdN3504]

I'm fixing a theme right now and am facing some troubles:
Someone used %?Cf (!sic) and %?Ct as some crossfade indicators, but i can't find anything about these tags in the wiki. The first time crossfade tags were introduced were in revision 52 of the wiki page, but since then, the use of the mentioned tags never comes up. Any idea what these mean?
here's an excerpt of the code (i left out the imageloading):

Code: [Select]

%?Cf<%xds|%?ps<%?Ct<%xdt|%xdu>|%xds>|%?Ct<%xdt|%xdu>>

PS: another thing: has the image buffer been reduced in size on some targets? Because i got a theme to work only after disabling some images. i assume that when the theme was coded it has been working, so has there been any change regarding that? How big can the images for the wps be, what are the restrictions?