need help in writing WPS

[Zivo]

i search the forums read the rockbox manual i even open some WPS in text editor

but still i havent learn much
i know the tags meanings according to the manual

but i need some way to know how to wirte it , what is the order
how to control the info placement on the screen ( like the title artist etc)

where can if find some tutorial of the work through of how to write a WPS
i allready understand to concept but i need the way

so link me please i am a designer so it will be great if i understand how to write and how the wps built so ill know his disadvantages & advantages

thank you
 
 

[Genre9mp3]

but i need some way to know how to wirte it , what is the order
how to control the info placement on the screen ( like the title artist etc)

Just for the start, let me tell you that the wps code is line based. This means that the information you want to be displayed on screen will be placed depending on the line you've added them in the .wps file.

Download a simulator from here: http://rasher.dk/rockbox/simulator and start experimenting. This is the right way to learn.

[bascule]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToWPSMaking

The clue is in the title

You should not need any more than this to start off...

[Zivo]

what about text color or size

[Genre9mp3]

The text colour depends on what you choose in General Settings > Display Options > LCD Settings > Set Foreground Colour

The text size depends on the font you will choose for your wps

[Yotto]

You can also set your font, background, and foreground in the config file that frequently is distributed with your wps.  If you look at any of my wps's for the apple iPod 5g, they each contain a config file as well as a wps.  It's in /.rockbox/themes/ and has a CFG extension.

As an example, here's the cfg file for my theme WLights:

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# WLights.cfg (White Lights)
# Made by Wesley Clifford (PlanetRetcon)

wps: /.rockbox/wps/WLights.wps
font: /.rockbox/fonts/nimbus-12.fnt
backdrop: /.rockbox/backdrops/WLights.bmp
statusbar: on
foreground color: 000000
background color: FFFFFF

I'm actually a bit surprised this isn't in the wiki, at least not in the two places I know to look for wps stuff.  Granted, it's not in the wps file but it goes hand-in-hand with it.