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A dark (black & white) theme for gnome desktop.
Thanks to Gnome Fanatic for the name!
I just recieved mail being told this
theme is the default in PCLOS Gnome 2008 !
More info and download here: http://linuxgator.org/
suggestions very welcome!
PLS! tell me what you think!
!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!
To install:
1.Download the file to your desktop
2.Right click the file and select extract here, then another archive pops up,do
the same for that.
3.open a terminal and run these commands:
first
sudo cp -r $HOME/Desktop/SlicknesS /usr/share/themes
second (this one fixes firefox,don't need this for ff3, only 2 This fix is made by user twrock, so if he wants me to delete it i will)
cp /usr/share/themes/SlicknesS/userChrome.css $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/chrome
4.Open the theme manager, you can now
see the SlicknesS theme as a theme,
when you click on it , it suggests
taners amazing wallpaper he made for this theme!!
click apply to apply the wallpaper!
the icon theme it suggests is this one:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/black-white+2+Style?content=72619
any problems with the install let me know!!!!
One REALLY HUGE thank you to artist Taner
for his fantastic wallpaper!
12 years ago
2.2.2 probably the last update, this should
fix the message of an engine "" not installed
I can't try it myself if it works (since I don't have
gnome installed) so if anyone would be kind
to let me know if it works, it would be kind :)
This will probably be my last fix as I'm not on
gnome anymore.
2.2.1 Fixed my previous F**kup. (at least I hope so)
(it's been tested on ubunut 7.10). If anyone still
has any kind of problem please be so kind and let me
know!
To read full changelog read changelog.txt in
the SlicknesS folder.
12 years ago
2.2.2 probably the last update, this should
fix the message of an engine "" not installed
I can't try it myself if it works (since I don't have
gnome installed) so if anyone would be kind
to let me know if it works, it would be kind :)
This will probably be my last fix as I'm not on
gnome anymore.
2.2.1 Fixed my previous F**kup. (at least I hope so)
(it's been tested on ubunut 7.10). If anyone still
has any kind of problem please be so kind and let me
know!
To read full changelog read changelog.txt in
the SlicknesS folder.
redivan
12 years ago
Your theme doesn't yet have window borders / decorations for xfwm4, only Metacity, so I've had to use the Technix borders instead which look a bit out of place. Could you please make us an xfwm4 version?
Also Firefox seems to work fine without applying the "fix" on my machine. Don't know how, it's more or less a vanilla install, just thought I'd say though.
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TheRob
12 years ago
I'm on kde nowadays myself so I don't
think I will be developing any more
themes/styles for gnome/gtk :)
I would port it to xfwm if I knew how
tho :)
if you use compiz you can use the emerald
version.
the fix is for firefox 2 and has nothing
to do with ff3... I maybe should
edit the description.
Thanks for your interest man! sorry
I can't help you more :)
//Robert
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egogonon
12 years ago
Actually I switched from KDE to Gnome recently - Slickness made Gnome look so GOOD I had to use it more. :-D
I still use some KDE apps though. Have you thought about porting your themes to KDE? I don't even know if it's possible, but it would be nice to have the same theme for KDE and Gnome. Consistency you know. :)
BTW: I have the same black on black bookmark text in FF3, that others mention.
Cheers...
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TheRob
12 years ago
I'm sorry I can't do nothing bout the
ff issue :(
as for porting themes to kde... sure it
can be done... it's a major pain in the
ass but it's possible :D
Atm I don't see any reason for doing
so tho, because the themes that are available
for kde are like 100 times better that
my themes ever dreamed of being :)
However if someone wants to keep developing
my themes they are very very free to do
so!
Thanks again!
//Robert
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egogonon
12 years ago
Sadly I don't know how to edit themes or how to port themes to KDE. But it would be a great thing giving a consistent look to progs like K3B and Amarok in Gnome. But perhaps the upcoming QGTKSTYLE from trolltech will solve this.
About support for your current themes (also used in PCLOS and a Ubuntu variant). If it would be okay with you, then I hope someone would continue development/bugfixes, because the themes are popular and really good. We need em :D
I understand that you want to spend your time with KDE now, but could you give me a hint if it would be possible to fix these two small things myself?
1: some progs give me light dropdownmenus with light text in Slickness. With Slickness black it works perfectly.
2: Checkboxes in slickness black. It's difficult to see which are checked. Perhaps I could use the checkboxes style from the normal slickness theme instead?
Anyway, Thanks for your great themes and your very active effort to help the users. Great work.
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TheRob
12 years ago
well, yeah, there are a lot of bugs in
slickness (and every dark theme here on
gnome-look) because gnome was build
with dark text on light background
in mind,
so if you make something dark with
light text,,, it's doomed, I have spent
many many hours trying to solve bugs
like these, the apps that usually have
them are the ones that are not actually
gnome (gtk) apps but multiplatform
apps, that work on many systems, eg:
firefox (I hate it and never use it myself)
openoffice,vlc,gimp.... you get the
picture.
Some of these bugs I was able to fix
from within the gtkrc (gtk+ configuration code) , it's how you
write themes for gnome (and other gtk
based systems)
and then there was the firefox problem...
or is... but now it's a different one
with ff3 :)
so the only solution I saw at the end
of the day was to make an all light
theme, can be found here:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/vision+(codename+inspiration)?content=80064
and so far, no one has had a deadly
font bug as far as I know :)
My best regards to every themer who
is determined to make a fully functional
dark theme!
//Robert
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egogonon
12 years ago
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133794M3R
12 years ago
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TheRob
12 years ago
this one:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Obsidian+Cursors?content=73135
give it a try!
//Robert
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dafu
12 years ago
very great theme !! I like it very much and i have many respect of your work :-) !
I have some little problems in firefox 3 because if i want add a new bookmark, i see a black background on black font and in the bookmark center i see a white font on a lighter background !!
I use your userChrome.css from the theme and i wanted to fix it but i didn't found the variables for firefox 3 to fix this problem
Ok thank you good work !!
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TheRob
12 years ago
with this theme, it should work fine
without the chrome file, try without
it and see if it works... I'm sorry I
cannot help you more since I have switched
over to kde and I don't have gnome installed
anymore.
A huge thank you for your very kind words
man!
//Robert
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shannonfang
12 years ago
It is shocked to know that Rob no longer uses gnome :(
I have (tried) to switch to kde several times in history, but cannot get used to it up to now...
I hope Rob say "I'll be back..."
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TheRob
12 years ago
well atm I am so happy with kde that
gnome seems like a distant memory,
but one never knows :D maybe next version
of gnome will be better :D
//Robert
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shannonfang
12 years ago
at the moment, I keep on using gnome, but -- who knows? :D
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zzricezz
12 years ago
/home/jimmy/.themes/SlicknesS/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:91: error: unexpected identifier `co
lorize_scrollbar', expected character `}'
I had to comment out colorize_scrollbar, toolbarstyle and style to get it to work. Is there a fix or I just need to live with it?
Compiling gtk-2.12 was a messed and i would not wanna try that again :)..
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TheRob
12 years ago
so if it works, it shouldn't be a problem
since the theme only uses pixmap engine
anyway :)
Thanks!
//Robert
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SuspectDevice
12 years ago
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SuspectDevice
12 years ago
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pmaconi
12 years ago
Thanks!
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TheRob
12 years ago
for the transparent stuff:
if you use compiz then:
in ccsm - general options - opacity
(name=gnome-panel | type=Menu | PopupMenu | DropdownMenu)
and transparency = 80
in ccsm - blur - alpha blur windows
(name=gnome-panel | name=usp | type=Menu | PopupMenu | DropdownMenu)
blur = gaussian
alpha blur = true (checked)
for conkybg I just edited my wallpaper :)
I will update it soon.
//Robert
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3321thec
12 years ago
I really like the way this theme looks by the way. Best I've seen in a while!
~3321thec
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TheRob
12 years ago
sure, if you use 1280x800 res, send me
your email and I'll mail it to you :)
you want the wall from the first screenshot
or what?
//Robert
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3321thec
12 years ago
I decided to try gimping the background provided, and it turned out great!!
Thanks for the offer anyway tho!!
~3321thec
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thursdayeveryday
12 years ago
your theme looks great btw (i cant install it now since my linux box is *sniff* not working right now..., but i will as soon as i can). Also, does the firefox fix also work on Ff3-RC?
also, what icons are you using in the second screenshot?
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TheRob
12 years ago
the icon theme it suggests is this one:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/black-white+2+Style?content=72619
the sysinfo:
http://conky.sourceforge.net/
and the theme works great with ff3 without
a fix since ff3beta5.
//Robert
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