Thanks @Alvaro, I’ll take a look at those. Already, the TW-primer shows up in the themes tab based on my changes on my end, I tend not to push to GitHub until the product is able to be used.
On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 7:00 AM Álvaro <[email protected]> wrote: > You can include the paltte in the theme. > Here you have two examples: > - Mono theme > <http://j.d.mono.tiddlyspot.com/#%24%3A%2Fthemes%2Fjd%2FMono:%24%3A%2Fthemes%2Fjd%2FMono> > - Notebook theme > <https://nicolas.petton.fr/tw/notebook.html#%24%3A%2Fthemes%2Fnico%2Fnotebook> > > There is another point that you can see, these themes start with *$:/themes/ > *instead of *$:/plugins/ . *They are a kind of plugin but you will see > them in ControlPanel > Appearance > Theme > > El viernes, 27 de agosto de 2021 a las 2:45:01 UTC+2, [email protected] > escribió: > >> Started working on it, and already another question! It seems that I >> can't include a palette inside the theme, but instead may have to do it >> differently ??? >> >> My palette file looks like this: >> >> description: Sleek dark skin for tw5, based on primer.css! >> name: tw5-primer >> title: $:/palettes/tw5-primer >> tags: $:/tags/Palette >> type: application/x-tiddler-dictionary >> >> And palette code here... >> >> Any ideas for what's going on? I'm thinking maybe the palette may have to >> be defined inside the css file?? >> >> Thanks for your (continued) help! >> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 7:45:47 PM UTC-4 Finn Lancaster wrote: >> >>> Thanks, I'll look at doing this, and hopefully not run into any more >>> issues so that I don't have to bother you anymore :) >>> >>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 7:36:55 PM UTC-4 Álvaro wrote: >>> >>>> A palette is basically a data tiddler, a dictionary that stores N >>>> key:value, with type application/x-tiddler-dictionary. Then you can use it >>>> with <<colour keyName>> where keyName can be page-background or others. >>>> >>>> You don´t need change the type, that is the default type (I think). If >>>> your file has the correct tag ( $:/tags/Stylesheet ) then it works >>>> like stylesheet file. >>>> >>>> you can see more of what was discussed here >>>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#colour%20Macro:%5B%5Bcolour%20Macro%5D%5D%20%5B%5Bcolour%20Macro%20(Examples)%5D%5D%20%24%3A%2Fcore%2Fmacros%2FCSS%20ContentType%20%24%3A%2Fpalettes%2FVanilla> >>>> >>>> Do not be scared of the number of entries in the vanilla palette, many >>>> keys reuse values, there are palettes with fewer entries. It is also >>>> something that has already been discussed about how to reduce the palettes, >>>> but it would be part of the hard rework in the styles of TiddlyWiki. >>>> El viernes, 27 de agosto de 2021 a las 0:36:14 UTC+2, >>>> [email protected] escribió: >>>> >>>>> <<code-border>> gives you the color number from the palette - that >>>>> will be the colour the user of your theme has chosen as the active palette >>>>> for their use of Tiddlywiki. >>>>> Sorry but I do not know much more about the subject. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:54:48 PM UTC+2 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> that seems to have worked, @strikke..., I'm guessing I have to >>>>>> include it in my theme files now, and that I can change my css to a >>>>>> text/vnd.tiddlywiki file, so that I can call colors such as >>>>>> <<code-border>> >>>>>> ? Is this correct to assume? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 5:48:02 PM UTC-4 [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry if I am being stupid, but could it not be done going to >>>>>>> $:/ControlPanel >>>>>>> select tab Appearance and then Palette. Go to the bottom of that and >>>>>>> click >>>>>>> the Show editor button. That will show the selected palette. Select >>>>>>> clone >>>>>>> palette. Then you can edit that. You will see how it is done and can >>>>>>> choose >>>>>>> the colours you prefer. That is at least a start. >>>>>>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 10:27:17 PM UTC+2 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks @Alvaro, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Would you mind explaining how to make a palette? This is my first >>>>>>>> theme, but I do have some experience creating plugins, so I just need >>>>>>>> to be >>>>>>>> pointed in the right direction :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks again! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 2:59:39 PM UTC-4 Álvaro wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The color values from palettes are used via colour(/color) macro. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> How you can see in $:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/base many values >>>>>>>>> of some properties are direcly transclude or with macro. >>>>>>>>> For example, the selector mentioned by you: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> body.tc-body { >>>>>>>>> font-size: {{$:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/metrics/fontsize}}; >>>>>>>>> line-height: >>>>>>>>> {{$:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/metrics/lineheight}}; >>>>>>>>> word-wrap: break-word; >>>>>>>>> <<custom-background-datauri>> >>>>>>>>> color: <<colour foreground>>; >>>>>>>>> *background-color: <<colour page-background>>;* >>>>>>>>> fill: <<colour foreground>>; >>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You will need create a palette for your theme >>>>>>>>> El jueves, 26 de agosto de 2021 a las 16:18:46 UTC+2, >>>>>>>>> [email protected] escribió: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Recently I have been working on my tw5-primer theme, and some >>>>>>>>>> feedback I have gotten suggests that the theme doesn't allow palette >>>>>>>>>> tweaking. Testing on my own, I was able to verify it, indeed, >>>>>>>>>> doesn't allow >>>>>>>>>> this behaviour, and I have begun to fix it. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Here is the issue: even simplifying the CSS, the theme still >>>>>>>>>> overrides the palette changes. For example, if I am working on >>>>>>>>>> .tc-body, I >>>>>>>>>> add the following CSS to my theme >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> body.tc-body { >>>>>>>>>> background-color: #000; >>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> , which changes the background to black. However, if a user goes >>>>>>>>>> to change the palette, which, say, changes the background to white, >>>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>>> doesn't work, because the palette call of >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> body.tc-body { >>>>>>>>>> background-color: #fff; >>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> is still overridden. As far as I can tell, my theme CSS cannot be >>>>>>>>>> simplified further to where it is not override ALL the timer. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is any tw dev/experienced theme-maker able to help? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5685c0fb-8693-4e55-8d20-748c0c8e4738n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5685c0fb-8693-4e55-8d20-748c0c8e4738n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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