[mythtv-users] Updated mythbuntu theme version 28 (for MythTV 0.27)

[Thomas Mashos]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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> Zitat von Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
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>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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>>> Zitat von Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
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>>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:42 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Zitat von Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
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>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:36 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org> wrote:
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Zitat von Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
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>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:14 AM, Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Zitat von Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 28.8 released. Minor changes. Questions and comments in this
>>>>>>>>>> thread.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is definitely an improvement. I can see recording group names
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> left pane sometimes completely now, otherwise the first two
>>>>>>>>> letters.
>>>>>>>>> Can't
>>>>>>>>> we remove the "All Recordings - " prefix from the pane header? It's
>>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> wast of screen estate IMO.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure this is fixable in the theme. It might be a user
>>>>>>>> specific
>>>>>>>> frontend setting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The situation in the right pane with the too narrow date columns
>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>>> improved a tad. If the day of month and month happen to be both
>>>>>>>>> single-digit, I can see the date now.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Remind me, what language is your frontend in? I've tested this with
>>>>>>>> double digit month/year and can see it fine (and it also worked
>>>>>>>> before
>>>>>>>> I adjusted it). Same goes with the time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> German. And I have a date format of "Ww DD.MM.".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By Ww, is that "Week of year"?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No, wweekday ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The color of disabled recordings in the recording preview screen is
>>>>>>>>> nearly
>>>>>>>>> unreadable now though. Dark blue on black doesn't seem to be a good
>>>>>>>>> choice.
>>>>>>>>> Gray seems most intuitive to me.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And now we've come full circle.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, there is some middle ground between
>>>>>>> light-gray-hard-to-determine-from-white and
>>>>>>> dark-blue-hard-to-determine-from-black. Someone remembering web-safe
>>>>>>> color
>>>>>>> palettes? ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about #0492A7 does that work?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Where can I change this (file, XPath)?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> line 169 of ~/.mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml
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>>>
>>> Much better!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jan Schneider
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>>
>> I'm going to respond to this with the following quote from an earlier
>> conversation in this thead with torbjorn.jansson (and note that the
>> color code I gave you is the exact color code I had previously changed
>> it from.
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> > colors in upcoming recordings screen is not good, hard to see the
>>> difference between recordings that will record and those that have been
>>> disabled and will record later
>>> > also fonts is too big so channel names and programs is cut of (all of
>>> them)
>>> >
>>>
>>> You aren't on 28.5 then. Disabled are blue, regular are gray
>>>
>> yes i am, i updated before i rechecked and wrote the mail.
>> right now there is only 2 colors in the upcoming recordings screen, cyan
>> and white.
>> cyan for disabled recordings, like those that already have recorded in the
>> past and white for those that will record.
>> ---------------------------------------------------
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>>
>> If anyone is wondering how difficult it is to do a theme, see above.
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>
> Well, of course he is right, because it *is* the same color. There is still
> a lot of colors to pick from that have high enough contrast against the
> black background.
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> Oh, and consider yourself happy, you probably haven't even started to keep
> color blinded people in mind. ;-)
>
>
> --
> Jan Schneider

That's the thing. The color he is complaining about looking the same,
is the exact same color combo that you say is much better.

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos