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Theme repair team wanted.
pixelma:
Since this operation means touching all the zip archives, this is a chance to bring them into line provided some guidelines or rules we can agree on.
One of my concerns now is the packaging of fonts. Currently there are some that don't include it if the font is in the extra fonts package but many do and I see that as problematic because: if the font changes in SVN (doesn't happen often but it does) then people will get the old copy by installing a theme which might have a bug or less characters. And it is also a matter of teaching people to install the fonts package... I know that there was some discussion about how the new theme site could handle this, things like automatic repackaging of themes when a font changes etc. but we aren't there yet. At least - could we have clear guidelines here?
Oh, in general, I hope all people taking part here use the new font names? (Didn't check, just making sure. ;))
And another topic just came to my mind, not sure but something to think or discuss about maybe: what do you think about bitmap-stripifying the themes? I'm aware that this is a bit more intrusive and quite a lot of work but it is more convenient for the user - less bitmaps (sometimes only a third or a quarter of what it was before) mean - faster unzipping (how notable that is depends on target though) and quicker boot-up times. I would hope such a community effort could give some more motivation to do this, at least for some?
Those were the 2 suggestions/questions I had; if I find the time I might help with the greyscale themes as it seems there are no monochrome ones with a proper license.
mmadia:
--- Quote from: pixelma on September 26, 2008, 08:23:30 AM ---One of my concerns now is the packaging of fonts. ...
At least - could we have clear guidelines here?
Oh, in general, I hope all people taking part here use the new font names? (Didn't check, just making sure. ;))
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Most of the updated e200 themes didn't have their font names and .cfg file changed.
BdN3504:
I think it's easier to simply use the old font, if it's included in the zip file and only update the names, if it's not present. Making the themes work has to be higher priority than complying with naming conventions, in my opinion.
PLUS i find it hard to match some old names and fonts to the current ones. is there a list somewhere containing the changes to the fonts (like "the font formerly known as chicago is now called 08-nimbus.fnt")
Chronon:
I agree with pixelma that we should update all of the themes to use the new font names -- I was planning to do this for any themes that I work on. (I plan to work on some of the Gigabeat themes this weekend.) This shouldn't take much time if you use an editor such as Textpad that allows for global search and replace in all open files.
--- Quote from: BdN3504 on September 26, 2008, 11:34:39 AM ---is there a list somewhere containing the changes to the fonts (like "the font formerly known as chicago is now called 08-nimbus.fnt")
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Yes, there's a list here: http://svn.rockbox.org/viewvc.cgi/trunk/fonts/README
soap:
Bitmap strips would be nice IMHO, but font name changing is a must. (again, IMHO).
Thank for reminding us of that needed action, pixelma.
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