[mythtv-users] What themes are people using with .22?

[Norm Dressler]

Tom Dexter wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Robert McNamara
> <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Ronald Pijnacker <pijnacker at dse.nl> wrote:
>>     
>>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Christopher X. Candreva
>>>> <chris at westnet.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Robert McNamara wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> MythCenter as a theme option is available, but make no mistake,
>>>>>> MythCenter as a theme *is* gone.  The only thing that someone who
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Is Retro gone too ?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes.  None of the old themes exist as they were, they all fall back to
>>>> default/default-wide.  Metallurgy is partially ported but the only one
>>>> with a real port in progress.
>>>>         
>>> How much work is there involved in 'porting' an old theme to the new situation?
>>> My family was quite accustomed to Titivillus, so I would be willing to spend
>>> some time on that theme.
>>>
>>> Ronald
>>>       
>> Pretty much the same amount of work as writing a theme from scratch,
>> minus design time since you're just copying something.  Somewhere in
>> the ~40-50 hour mark I'd bet.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>     
>
> I'll miss the glass-wide theme for sure.  Maybe at some point (though
> I can't imagine it happening any time soon) I'll see what I can learn
> about the new ui themes and see if I can take a stab at it.
>
> However, one thing always confused me regarding theme development and
> testing:  How does someone do this if they're not running all the
> various plugins?  I don't use anything but mythvideo and have no
> intention of running anything more.  Is it even possible under those
> circumstances?  I'd think it wouldn't be.
>
> >From reading this I think I may end up using the Mythbuntu theme (in
> spite of running on Gentoo ;)).  I couldn't live with those horizontal
> watch recordings screens personally, and I like having as many
> recordings as possible on a page.
>
>   
Check out the Blue Abstract theme - I like it quite a bit and I'm like 
you - I prefer to see a listing of recordings then a horizontal rendition. 

Norm