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nycdunz · Dec 30, 2002, 12:31 AM

which is a better overall theme switcher? i prefer duality 4 cause of its preferance pane...

godzookie2k · Dec 30, 2002, 12:38 AM

so.... torn.... I didn't vote, I haven't decided yet. I have been trying out theme switcher for about a week now and its good, but it seems to lack the polish of duality, both have major hang quirks though. an "undecided" or "both suck" category SO should have been in that poll.

decursive · Dec 30, 2002, 12:45 AM

some call it themechanger.....namely, the authors

invisibleX · Dec 30, 2002, 07:30 AM

Duality is a bit bloated for me, but then again themechanger won't wok for me. I switch manually.

Angus_D · Dec 30, 2002, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by invisibleX:
Duality is a bit bloated for me, but then again themechanger won't wok for me. I switch manually.

Care to explain exactly what doesn't work?

ambush · Dec 30, 2002, 08:01 AM

Originally posted by invisibleX:
Duality is a bit bloated for me, but then again themechanger won't wok for me. I switch manually.

Give us more details..

mrtew · Dec 30, 2002, 08:22 AM

Originally posted by decursive:
some call it themechanger.....namely, the authors

I call it ThemeChanger too! And I like it!

macmike42 · Dec 30, 2002, 08:37 AM

Originally posted by ambush:
Give us more details..

sudo cp ...
sudo cp ...
sudo cp ...
<take a break>
sudo cp ...
sudo cp ...
sudo cp ...

Get the picture?

Oh, you meant ThemeChanger not working?

Works fine for me, although I find it odd that resource-based switching sometimes takes upwards of a minute to apply, and other times takes only a second or two. This is with SmoothStripes Square 2.0.4; plain square take a minute or two, smoothstripes square transparent menus is nearly instantaneous.

BTW, I downloaded your source a week ago and many of the source files were missing. Has it been updated?

Angus_D · Dec 30, 2002, 01:44 PM

Originally posted by macmike42:
BTW, I downloaded your source a week ago and many of the source files were missing. Has it been updated?

Oh, I forgot to include CSWResourceFork and CSWResource. Silly me. Of course, nobody told me, so I couldn't fix it. Too late now, have to wait until the next release.

invisibleX · Dec 30, 2002, 03:15 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
Give us more details..

Clicking the little lock does nothing for me, so I can't switch themes. I'm using the root user so maybe it has something to do with that.

Angus_D · Dec 30, 2002, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by invisibleX:
Clicking the little lock does nothing for me, so I can't switch themes. I'm using the root user so maybe it has something to do with that.

Oh, yes, of course. Security framework doesn't seem to work with the root user. Using root in the GUI is a bad idea for this (and other) reasons. However, I'm surprised Duality works in that case. Oh well, the entire authorization architecture is going to be revamped in v13.

Mediaman_12 · Dec 30, 2002, 04:10 PM

The only Reason I keep to Duality is because it's a prefpane.

Angus_D · Dec 31, 2002, 06:38 AM

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
The only Reason I keep to Duality is because it's a prefpane.

Nobody has expressed an interest in ThemeChanger being a prefpane (yet). It'd be very easy to do, though.

mrtew · Dec 31, 2002, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
Nobody has expressed an interest in ThemeChanger being a prefpane (yet). It'd be very easy to do, though.

Do it!