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<p><span style="color: #000000;">On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:11:46 -0800, Michael Jones wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">You’re right, it doesn’t take an “expert” to use a text editor or change some piece of text and “see what happens”, but as someone with limited time on their hands (with work, family, other stuff) poking through the theme to “see what happens” doesn’t cut it </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"> If you just want to change the text size for the OSD and keep the font size for the rest of the theme as posted in this thread, then definately yes. Takes 10min and you are set. The devlopers even told the guys where and what they should change. And there is always a search function.<br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Compare the complexity of XBMCs themes with the MythTV ones. This I would say is difficult, not MythTV.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">As an engineer, there’s very little that makes my skin crawl more than relying on the “just change something and see what happens” method of development. . I’ll admit that when learning a new programming language I will sometimes employ that method, but it’s RARELY the best way to go about it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">That is correct when you work in a large or small company when many people work on one (more complex or safety relevant) project. There you have your processes that you need to stick to and documentation rules and so on. I don't believe that the developers have an idea what they are doing before they commit the changes to git.<br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">Also, maybe I’m looking at different theme creation documentation than you are, but I haven’t come across anything really useful yet – if you know of a link to something more complete, please post it? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I used http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythUI_Theme_Development<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"> </span>.The basiscs are included with examples.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then I used the deafult-wide theme as a base and edited it. After 2 hours I got the hang of it and was able to rearrange stuff and change it. So after a total of maybe 10 hours I got the first version of the blue-abstract. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">In this case it could sometimes be more efficient to just start doing stuff instead of thinking about a process and stuff like that. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">As a programmer and professional project manager myself, I know there has to be a “better” way. It may take a little more time on the developers or theme designers side to make it “better” (and as I’ve said before, I’d be happy to contribute in any way I am able) but I think in the long run a little planning and structure will make the whole thing more useful to everyone at very little cost in flexibility and freedom. <br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sure there is a better way, but will it really improve things here? Will people be willing to contribute more? Theme development is NOt difficult and I don't think that a better structure and planning will improve things to a noticable extend. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">I am really interested what kind of structure and planning you would suggest that is required to improve theme development. As a </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;">programmer and project manager I assume you can contribute in planning and strucuring ideas.<br /></span></p>
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