[Proposal] Meta themes spec.

[Hannes Janetzek]

Am Fri, 8 Jun 2007 12:53:00 +0200
schrieb "Stephan Arts" <stephan at xfce.org>:

> Hello all,
> 
> I would like to propose starting to work on a specification for
> metathemes.
> 
ok, this is not directly what you want to do, but this project has the
same goal. Perhaps it is possible to make it use gtk theme engines
(instead of its own) for kde and vice versa. 

www.metatheme.org


Regards,
Hannes Janetzek

> Theme packages which are equipped with multitude of themes, like Gtk+,
> metacity, icons, cursors, wallpapers, xfwm4, KDE-theme-manager, Kwin,
> kde-sounds... etc.
> 
> With the introduction of these 'meta-theme'-packages (lacking a better
> word for it), artists will be able to provide the user with a complete
> UI experience in one go.
> 
> However, this is only going to work if it is going to encapsulate
> existing theme standards. A metatheme not being a theme by itself, but
> a package of different real themes, aimed towards providing the user
> with a complete set of icons, wm-themes, wallpaper(s), cursors and
> widget-styles.
> 
> Typically, a metatheme package can be a .tar.gz archive, containing
> the different themes in folders:
> 
> /gtk-2/
> /metacity/
> /xfwm4/
> /kth/
> /kwin/
> /icons/
> /wallpapers/
> 
> And an index.metatheme or metatheme.xml file containing information
> about the contents of the package. Like which components are
> available, a package might not contain an xfwm4 theme for example, and
> the author, license and release-version/date information.
> 
> Extensions of some sort might be nice to have too.
> 
> Example:
> Some gtk-themes might require a theme-engine to work correctly. The
> metatheme package should be aware of this so implementations can
> inform the user about such requirements.
> 
> I would like to know what you think about this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stephan Arts
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