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Support and General Use => Theming and Appearance Customization => Topic started by: svarog on July 26, 2022, 06:46:54 AM

Title: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: svarog on July 26, 2022, 06:46:54 AM

Hello.
I'd like to give creating some themes a shot, i recently got gifted an iPod Classic 6th gen, and i usually am decent when it comes to design and whatnot.

My current issue now is that i just can't find a GUI editor.

Title: Re: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: saratoga on July 26, 2022, 10:37:04 AM

There was historically a GUI editor, but it hasn't been maintained in about 10 years, so no GUI option. 

Title: Re: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: svarog on July 26, 2022, 11:00:16 AM

I see. Well, it's a shame!

Thanks for the reply, have a great day/night!

Title: Re: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: Festivus on July 26, 2022, 12:03:44 PM

This may have been the theme editor:
https://github.com/mguentner/rockbox/tree/master/utils/themeeditor

But, as was said, it hasn't been maintained. It also looks like it would need to be compiled unless there's an existing binary out there on the internet you can try taking a crack at.

I'm curious to create a theme or two myself so I may look into it further but will settle for having to edit .wps files in a text editor.

Title: Re: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: bluebrother on July 26, 2022, 01:29:33 PM

I have an older binary available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MG_GaE0_7r-LoVy57_O-0ZG68U_ARWXG?usp=sharing

It does build and can handle themes, though I don't know how usable it is with the theme syntax changes done in the last couple of years. The (outdated) wiki page: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/ThemeEditor

Also, the real location is in the Rockbox repository here: https://git.rockbox.org/cgit/rockbox.git/tree/utils/themeeditor

Title: Re: Any way to get the GUI theme editor?
Post by: cela on July 26, 2022, 03:04:52 PM

Quote from: Festivus on July 26, 2022, 12:03:44 PM

This may have been the theme editor:
https://github.com/mguentner/rockbox/tree/master/utils/themeeditor

But, as was said, it hasn't been maintained. It also looks like it would need to be compiled unless there's an existing binary out there on the internet you can try taking a crack at.

I'm curious to create a theme or two myself so I may look into it further but will settle for having to edit .wps files in a text editor.

I tried the theme editor a few years ago and it was quite buggy then, I ended up just using a text editor, its not too hard with practice.

I started by just playing around with an existing cabbie theme, I found the biggest help was testing the theme with a simulator for the Rockbox device then its a lot easier to test rather than keep loading the theme on the player itself