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WARNING: skin format changing on the weekend!
bobbydriver:
Sorry I misread that the skinbreaking changes were from 3.6 - but I see that it's a post 3.6 change that brought them in.
I've installed back to 3.6 stable build and it works fine again.
I had a go at hand editing my custom theme files according to the new guidelines but it still doesn't work so I've clearly missed something
Still wondering what the point of changing the code to break all custom skins was, so unless someone can point me in the direction of an automated tool to port old skins then my Rockbox will remain at 3.6 forever and my love affair with Rockbox is over as I just don't understand why the developers would do something so vandalistic
funman:
Here is the automated tool.
You are egoist when thinking the intention was to break custom skins only.
The intention was to break all skins, including the default rockbox ones.
mc2739:
--- Quote from: bobbydriver on June 16, 2010, 10:01:07 AM ---Still wondering what the point of changing the code to break all custom skins was...
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Sometimes, to move forward with new ideas or features, there comes a point where it is best to ditch the old and embrace the new, for example, analog vs. digital/HD TV. This is one of those cases.
The developers involved with the change made every effort to make this as painless as possible. The change was announced well ahead of when it happened. It was timed to happen after a new release so that those people that use the release versions would not be immediately impacted. The changes in syntax were documented prior to the change so that the theme developers could get an idea of what was coming. A conversion tool was created to convert existing themes on the theme site to the new syntax. The existing theme site was duplicated so that users could still get working themes for releases or daily builds prior to the change.
--- Quote ---...my Rockbox will remain at 3.6 forever and my love affair with Rockbox is over...
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While it is your prerogative to do so, you will be missing out on any bug fixes, code improvements and new features that may come along in the future.
The tool funman linked does a very good job of converting the themes from the old syntax to the new syntax, but you need to have a build environment set up in order to compile the code into an executable program. If that is not an option for you, then ask here in the forum or in the #rockbox irc channel for help. There are usually plenty of people willing to help, if you are willing to ask for the help.
epithetless:
--- Quote from: mc2739 on June 16, 2010, 03:11:28 PM ---The tool funman linked does a very good job of converting the themes from the old syntax to the new syntax, but you need to have a build environment set up in order to compile the code into an executable program. If that is not an option for you, then ask here in the forum or in the #rockbox irc channel for help.
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In that case, would someone with a build environment already set up mind compiling and sharing an executable for Windows? ;)
JdGordon:
--- Quote from: bobbydriver on June 16, 2010, 10:01:07 AM ---Still wondering what the point of changing the code to break all custom skins was, so unless someone can point me in the direction of an automated tool to port old skins then my Rockbox will remain at 3.6 forever and my love affair with Rockbox is over as I just don't understand why the developers would do something so vandalistic
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DAMN! I almost had everyone convinced it was to make things better, but you saw right through that! BUGGER, oh well, I still got to have my fun.
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