hmm, chameleonic seems to be on a trend:
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/06/elegance-colors-gnome-shell-theme-that.html
From: kroq.ga...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 18:02:37 -0500
To: m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk
CC: unity-design@lists.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Chameleonic theme
Matt,
Maybe you should create a GitHub Gist for this. I think it'll make updating
easier.
Sincerely,
kroq-gar78
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Matt Richardson
<m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
Thank you! I have added that to the script and you can now choose
between the ImageMagick's or Unity's colour matching algorithm.
I have updated the file. The new one is here
Matt
On 24/05/12 21:07, Jonathan French wrote:
If you want to get it the exact same way Unity does,
look at the code in unity-shared/BGHash.cpp in the Unity source.
It uses the _GNOME_BACKGROUND_REPRESENTATIVE_COLORS X window
property from the root window, which presumably gets updated by
Gnome when the wallpaper changes.
I've attached a quick Python script which outputs that
property in CSS hex format, which looks like the format you use.
On 24 May 2012 19:12, Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1...@hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:
OK so I have created
a proof of concept using ImageMagick to get the average
colour and bash and sed to then replace the specific
values in the gtk.css, gtk-widgets.css, gtkrc and
metacity-theme-1.xml files.
You can download it here
1) Extract the files to ~/.themes
2) Copy the "Chameleon Script.sh" file to somewhere more
easy to access
3) You will need to use MyUnity (or similar) to change the
theme to 'Chameleon', since the 'Appearances' settings
panel doesn't display it.
4) Run "Chameleon Script.sh"
5) Most applications will simply need closing and
reopening to update.
6) I'm not entirely sure why but programs with workaround
css files (including nautilus and unity) won't update
until you log out and back in. Until you do this Nautilus
and the top panel (as well as menus thereof) will not
change.
ImageMagick came installed by default I think (I don't
recall installing it), but if it's not a default tool then
you can install it from the software center. In the long
run, this script would hopefully be incorporated into
Unity
Known issues:
1) Does not update automatically when the wallpaper is
changed. You have to run the script each time you change
wallpaper.
2) Nautilus, Unity and potentially some others do not
update until log out/in
3) Colour matching is not quite the same as Unity. Most of
the time the theme produces a closer match to the
wallpaper than Unity (IMO) but it can be affected by a
small presence of a very bright colour. It would also be
better if it could match Unity perfectly to provide
seamless aesthetics.
4) Cannot handle xml files, as used by wallpapers that
change during the day.
5) The currently highlighted button (not in toolbars)
displays dark text on a dark background (with some
wallpapers). I can't find the value which changes that at
the moment.
Hopefully, were this integrated into the same code that
updates Unity's chameleonic elements, issues 1 to 4 would
all be solved. Issue 5 is just a matter of time, but I
decided to see what people think before continuing.
Feedback would be appreciated
Matt
On 22/05/12 12:09, Matt Richardson wrote:
I would really like to see a
chameleonic theme land in 12.10.
Not a transparent theme. Instead simply the ambiance
theme (light to dark vertical gradient) but where the
base colour is taken as the average colour of the
wallpaper.
I also think this would help the top-left corner
issue, as the launcher, panel and window would blend a
lot better.
Also, this wouldn't prevent the user from selecting
non-chameleonic themes, as some people would prefer
the contrast.
Thoughts?
Matt
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