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Vi0 · Oct 5, 2003, 02:57 AM

When might themes arrive since Panther is so near to being released? Or when might a program like ThemeFur allow us to take Jaguar themes and turn them into Panther themes.

smeger · Oct 5, 2003, 03:48 AM

I'm hard at work on an auto-updater to transition existing themes to Panth relatively seamlessly. Dunno if it'll be done before Panther is released, but it'll be out as soon as humanly possible.

mrbiiggy2 · Oct 5, 2003, 06:00 AM

Are the differences between the rsrc files in Jaguar and Panther that significant?

Patcarla · Oct 5, 2003, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by smeger:
I'm hard at work on an auto-updater to transition existing themes to Panth relatively seamlessly. Dunno if it'll be done before Panther is released, but it'll be out as soon as humanly possible.

That 's great news!!! Looking forward to use it

bOOzo · Oct 5, 2003, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by mrbiiggy2:
Are the differences between the rsrc files in Jaguar and Panther that significant?

You can apply a Jaguar Extras.rsrc, but I would not recommend it as you end up with a lot of missing resources. Wait for smeger to release his auto updater.

Zimphire · Oct 5, 2003, 01:29 PM

I have a stripeless version of Panther.

scaught · Oct 5, 2003, 02:05 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I have a stripeless version of Panther.

snare
bass
highhat

NetworkShadow · Oct 5, 2003, 02:42 PM

Originally posted by bOOzo:
You can apply a Jaguar Extras.rsrc, but I would not recommend it as you end up with a lot of missing resources. Wait for smeger to release his auto updater.

Ya you can use ThemeFur with Jag to Panther themes, but you do end-up with a few small missing resources. The biggest problem I had was text color with dark themes. But SS Studio Pro Swizcore Style looks quite good on Panther.

sanity assassin · Oct 6, 2003, 04:53 PM

Anyone know if Theme Changer supports Panther just now? Any little anomalies popping up?

NetworkShadow · Oct 6, 2003, 07:55 PM

Originally posted by sanity assassin:
Anyone know if Theme Changer supports Panther just now? Any little anomalies popping up?

It seemed to work fine on the last beta I tried.

ambush · Oct 6, 2003, 08:14 PM

nvm

ae86_16v · Oct 10, 2003, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by sanity assassin:
Anyone know if Theme Changer supports Panther just now? Any little anomalies popping up?

I thought ThemeChanger isn't being developed anymore?

smeger · Oct 10, 2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by mrbiiggy2:
Are the differences between the rsrc files in Jaguar and Panther that significant?

Well, they're pretty significant in terms of widgets having new states and sizes and stuff like that. It's not really hard to convert the stuff, it's just tedious. So my spiffy updater will automate the process so that theme designers don't need to invest 4.2 billion hours to update each theme.

Kujo · Oct 10, 2003, 07:28 PM

Originally posted by smeger:
So my spiffy updater .

i have never wanted anything more!
well maybe when i was 16

NetworkShadow · Oct 10, 2003, 09:05 PM

You'll be a god if you can get an app out that can do that.

smeger · Oct 10, 2003, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
You'll be a god if you can get an app out that can do that.

Thanks guys, but as I said, it's not really hard to write this thing, it's just freakin' tedious and makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a hot, pointy stick.

NetworkShadow · Oct 11, 2003, 12:01 AM

Originally posted by smeger:
Thanks guys, but as I said, it's not really hard to write this thing, it's just freakin' tedious and makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a hot, pointy stick.

Saving everyone ese the time hu? Thanks a lot from all us GUI guys.

dr. zoidberg · Oct 11, 2003, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by smeger:
Well, they're pretty significant in terms of widgets having new states and sizes and stuff like that.

hmm really? what kind of new (additional i guess?) states are there?

smeger · Oct 11, 2003, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by dr. zoidberg:
hmm really? what kind of new (additional i guess?) states are there?

Every widget has a new "mini" size (very very small). Windows have a new inactive state for the frontmost app (inactive window in frontmost apps can look different from other inactive windows). The tabs, of course. Hmmmmm, what else?

I think that's it. All I can think of offhand, anyway.