Support and General Use > Theming and Appearance Customization
Using Rockbox Simulator
Tapeworm:
To try and avoid any further confusion, I deleted everything and started over. But in digging further, I found this RB 3.0.1 simulator build:
http://rasher.dk/rockbox/simulator-release/
Thinking this might have something to do with the font issue, I downloaded & extracted this one. This one seems to be up-to-date with the archos folder (which the other one didn't have) and the .rockbox folder within it (also unlike the other one).
I extracted the fonts package, so it is within the .rockbox folder alongside the wps, backdrops, themes, etc.
So now I don't get the font error msg. (that's good). But I still can't do anything with it (that's bad). :-\
Now the same themes that come with RB by default are also in this simulator package, & I understand I can add any other theme & .wps files that I wish to work on or edit, but how exactly do I launch them?
By double-clicking on the rockboxui.exe icon I now get a blank DOS Screen and a 'simulated' menu screen. I'm at a loss of how to insert a .wps file into this and be able to see and/or edit the code lines.
If I launch the debugwps.bat file, I get the the DOS window and a lot of code quickly scrolling by. It looks like it might be related to a WPS somehow, but I can't make heads nor tails out of it and there's no way to tell where it came from (name, fileanme, etc.). I've been editing the .wps files in Notepad, and this doesn't look anything like that. By clicking in the 'menu simulation', I still get the mouse position in the DOS window, but that's it.
I realize I don't know what the heck I'm doing, and I'm sorry if all this seems infantile to those of you more experienced with this. But everything is foreign until you learn about it. And that's all I'm trying to do. Maybe if there was some clear directions or instructions written somewhere? Even a readme.txt file within the .zip file would help a lot.
Anyway, I'm really grateful for all the suggestions and help here. I'm a long time member on the Sansa forum with many posts under my belt, and here I'm the proverbial 'noob' asking for help that I normally would be giving in the other forum.
The shoe's on the other foot, as they say! :D
rasher:
Hello. Try running one of the .bat files with "background" in their names. You control the player with the numpad on your keyboard - the background will tell you which keys map to which buttons.
You install fonts/wps/etc into the .rockbox dir in the "simdisk" or "archos" folder (depending on the version).
Tapeworm:
Thanks Rasher, THAT'S the key I was looking for!!!
Thanks a lot. It works now. Pretty cool! 8)
Now that I've got a working version and basically understand how it operates, does anybody have any tips or tricks for creating a Custom WPS that isn't included in the guide here on the site?
Chronon:
Well, the CustomWPS page is pretty much the authoritative reference on supported tags. However, you may find it useful/helpful to look at the WPS for other themes and see how they are put together.
karashata:
--- Quote from: Tapeworm on December 10, 2008, 06:38:36 PM ---This one seems to be up-to-date with the archos folder...
--- End quote ---
Actually, the up-to-date simulator builds are the ones using the 'simdisk' folder. It was changed after the 3.0 release. As long as it works for what you need it for, though, I suppose that's all good then.
As for creating WPS themes, as Chronon said the CustomWPS wiki page is the best resource so far as what tags are supported, and making the themes may seem a little overwhelming at first but after a few themes you kinda get the hang of it. If you ever need some help I'm sure there are a few people out there willing to point you in the right direction (myself being one.)
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version