UPDATED: iRock WPS for iPod 5G

[Febs]

I believe that the original iPod font using anti-aliasing which is not (yet) supported in Rockbox.

[Amien]

ok ... cant wait for 3.0

[Llorean]

3.0 will not have antialiased fonts.

[gaston]

great theme! .. i really like it

would the original ipod font be possible?

3.0 will not have antialiased fonts.

nevertheless, i'd love to have it
and also to have the possibility to have 3 colors set : 1 for the background (white), one for the font (black) and one for the "select" (blue with white font, like in iPod SW)

i'm pleased that my theme please you all !

[fabolousrmx]

Word. Thanks Ryan, now all I have to do is learn how to read agian. 

If your able to get that working let me know, since im unable to understand the code...

[ryran]

You want him to let you know? Why? So you know for sure it works? Or so that he can explain it in simpler language?

I can assure you it works. If you're interested in playing with it yourself, my advice would be to open a wps that does it in text editor, while looking at it playing in rockbox. Keep the tables of what the various tags mean (at the top of the page @ that link) handy and you'll probably get it pretty quickly.

[Sweet Spot]

Well, if you're lazy like me then I understand wanting certain things done FOR you, which I will, if I get around to actually doing it. I just might though soon, as my wife is about to do a Cindy Crawford workout, and I want NOTHING to do with it. (Because I'm sure she does and I'd much rather take up something else right now like um... fixing this code to my liking ! )

[Sweet Spot]

Ok, so if I've got this anywhere near right, what has to be done is to add a semi-colon between the two parts of the code which was given to me. And then add %s so that they both still scroll, and then %t in order to give a numeric value for the time I want to set, which I'd say would be %t5. So then it would become.. (?) :

%xl|o|volicon.bmp|5|34|
%xl|p|batticon.bmp|175|32|
%xl|q|calendaricon.bmp|6|34|
%xl|r|clockicon.bmp|92|34|
%xl|s|whitecache.bmp|92|34|


%m|25|316|%?mh<%xdH%xdo%xdp%xds%al %pvdB%ar%bl%% (-%bt) |%xdr%xdq%al%ce/m/yc      %cH:M:Sc%ar%pp on %pe >;%s%t5%xl|o|volicon.bmp|5|34|
%xl|p|batticon.bmp|172|32|
%xl|q|calendaricon.bmp|6|34|
%xl|r|clockicon.bmp|97|34|
%xl|s|whitecache.bmp|97|34|


%m|27|316|%?mh<%xdH%xdr%xdq%al%ce/m/yc      %cH:M:Sc%ar%pp OF %pe |%xdo%xdp%xds%al %pvdB%ar%bl%% (-%bt) >

;   Split items on a line into separate sublines
  %t  : Set the subline display time. The '%t' is followed by either integer
        seconds (%t5), or seconds and tenths of a second (%t3.5).

Though I think, that I would have to put the %s and %t preceeding both code lines, I'm just not sure of where I'd put it towards the beginning of the first set of code...   And then of course, I could just be totally wrong with pretty much my whole assumption and should leave this to people who know what they're doing. Guess I'll have to go a step further and test it out.


Test One: FAILURE.  I think I forgot to modify the text after copying it from here so that there's no bold or red tags... duh.

Test two: Same failure. I read that if you put % before tags, that should enable the code, or else anything which is typed, actually shows up AS typed.  In this case, I'm actually seeing : "volicon.bmp|5|34|
%xl|p|batticon.bmp|172|32|
%xl|q|calendaricon.bmp|6|34|
%xl|r|clockicon.bmp|97|34|
%xl|s|whitecache.bmp|97|34|"    ON THE WPS its self. So, that's no good. Back to the drawing board. I hate to say it but, this stuff isn't so self explainatory, as some might think it is just becuase they spend a decent amount of time doing it all....

My one legit concern with experimenting at this point is that I have to keep making my HD reboot, which is physical wear and tear, as opposed to knowing enough to only have to reboot when I need to. I really would like my HD to last a while... I'll try a few more times, and read more to try and see where I went wrong before doing so, but it would be grand if someone who knows this stuff, could actually point out exactly what IS wrong, and show/tell me where I should make the correction.

Was I right before, when I said that the %t and %s along with the semi colon, should ALSO go in the beginning of the code lines ?

[gaston]

new version, i just added a playlist icon and redispatched the info on the screen...

download here
and enjoy !

G

[Corius]

Wouldnt using the iPod font be a breach of copyright laws? ( I ask if it would be a breach coz I was working on a Ipod styled theme then quit because I thought that using the font that apple use would be a breach of the law)
Podium Sans is the font they use for the 5G right?
I've looked into downloading it before but as far as I can tell you need to buy it

[Llorean]

Distributing the font if it is not released under a redistributable license would break copyright law yes.

[Yotto]

Is the font on the iPod already in a usable format?  If so, then just use that one and don't redistribute it.  If not, find a free lookalike somewhere.  Yout can't tell me someone hasn't made one.

[Jon_]

Wouldnt using the iPod font be a breach of copyright laws? ( I ask if it would be a breach coz I was working on a Ipod styled theme then quit because I thought that using the font that apple use would be a breach of the law)
Podium Sans is the font they use for the 5G right?
I've looked into downloading it before but as far as I can tell you need to buy it

You should not get in trouble at all for you arn't charging for this theme. All you should do to make sure every thing is alright give credit to the apple iPod font in your posting of your theme.

Edit: My bad, thanks for correcting me.

[Llorean]

Just because you aren't charging for it does not make it legal to redistribute their copyright works.

Giving credit is not enough either. All rights are reserved which means you need written permission from them to redistribute anything they hold the copyright to, at least in the US.

[TP Diffenbach]

You should not get in trouble at all for you arn't charging for this theme. All you should do to make sure every thing is alright give credit to the apple iPod font in your posting of your theme.

NO.

Do not use fonts unless they're licensed as redistributable.

Among other things, your unofficial action would inevitably be laid at the feet of the official project, making problems for everybody.