[mythtv-users] Freezing a Theme?

[Thomas Mashos]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:15 AM Jim <jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> On 09/03/2015 11:42 AM, Thomas Mashos wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:23 AM Jim < <jim_32766 at hotmail.com>
> jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Is it possible to effectively lock the system to a certain theme by
>> copying and renaming that theme? If so, where would the newly renamed
>> theme have to be stored so that it could be selected by the Theme
>> Chooser? Is there an index that would have to updated too?
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> If you look in ~/.mythtv/themes/ you should see folders for each of the
> themes you have installed. Rename the folder. Then go into the folder and
> edit the themeinfo.xml file, there should be a name field in there. You'll
> want to rename the theme there too.
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> As a themer, I like to ask a few questions when I get this type of request.
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> 1) Which theme?
> 2) Why do you need to freeze it?
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> I plan on building a system for a non-technical relative and wanted to
> avoid any future messages advising them of an update to their theme. They
> won't know what a theme is, much less want to update one.
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> Maybe that isn't the best approach. I'll always take advise from gurus -
> is there a better method to use?
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> The theme in use is the current Mythbuntu.
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For your use case, that is the best approach to my knowledge.
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Thomas Mashos
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