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authorKylie McClain <somasis@exherbo.org>2015-06-07 23:07:01 -0400
committerKylie McClain <somasis@exherbo.org>2015-06-07 23:07:01 -0400
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# shiki-colors-revival
-This consists mostly of a script that modifies the original Numix theme's files
-to fit to all of the colors in the GNOME Colors palette.
+This consists mostly of a script that modifies the original Numix theme's
+files to fit to all of the colors in the GNOME Colors palette.
-At the moment, these themes are currently intended to be used with Xfce4, since
-that's what I use. If you run into problems in another desktop environment,
-I'll try to help the best I can though.
+At the moment, these themes are currently intended to be used with Xfce4,
+since that's what I use. If you run into problems in another desktop
+environment, I'll try to help the best I can though.
-Relevant license files can be found underneath the folders. (Numix is GPL-3,
-Xfwm4 is GPL-2, Plank themes and build system are ISC)
+Relevant license files can be found underneath the folders. (Numix is
+GPL-3, Xfwm4 and Metacity are GPL-2, Plank themes and build system are ISC)
## Included
- GTK 2 and 3 themes
+- Metacity themes
- Xfwm4 themes
- [Plank](https://launchpad.net/plank) themes
## Dependencies
- `sed`
-- `make`
-- `gtk-engine-murrine` (needed for GTK2 theme)
- `git`
+- `make`
+- `gtk-engine-murrine`, needed for GTK2 themes
+- `xfwm4`, needed for Xfwm4 themes
+- `metacity`, or `marco` (`mutter` might work too) for the Metacity themes
## Downloading
Either use `git` to clone this repository:
@@ -36,19 +39,21 @@ or just [download the latest release](releases).
There is an exheres in ::somasis; x11-themes/shiki-colors-revival.
## How this works
-In order to minimize the amount of maintenance needed, we base these themes off
-of [Numix] so that we benefit from the [shimmerproject]'s work on Numix.
-The themes are then generated by using regular expressions to replace certain
-variables in the CSS to change the colors to fit the [GNOME Colors palette]
-rather than using Numix's default colors. (currently only the selected
-background color is replaced)
+In order to minimize the amount of maintenance needed, we base these themes
+off of [Numix] so that we benefit from the [shimmerproject]'s work on
+Numix. The themes are then generated by using regular expressions to
+replace certain variables in the CSS to change the colors to fit the
+[GNOME Colors palette] rather than using Numix's default colors.
+(currently only the selected background color and menubar bg are replaced)
-As a result of doing it this method, we don't have to worry about updating the
-CSS every time GNOME's developers decide to break everything with a new minor
-version of GTK3, again. We can make upstream do all the work. :)
+As a result of doing it this method, we don't have to worry about updating
+the CSS every time GNOME's developers decide to break everything with a new
+minor version of GTK3, again. We can make upstream do all the work. :)
## Screenshots
+These are screenshots of the themes running on my Xfce desktop.
+
![Shiki-Brave](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Somasis/shiki-colors-revival/master/screenshots/Shiki-Brave-Revival.png)
![Shiki-Human](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Somasis/shiki-colors-revival/master/screenshots/Shiki-Human-Revival.png)
![Shiki-Illustrious](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Somasis/shiki-colors-revival/master/screenshots/Shiki-Illustrious-Revival.png)
@@ -56,11 +61,19 @@ version of GTK3, again. We can make upstream do all the work. :)
![Shiki-Wine](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Somasis/shiki-colors-revival/master/screenshots/Shiki-Wine-Revival.png)
![Shiki-Wise](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Somasis/shiki-colors-revival/master/screenshots/Shiki-Wise-Revival.png)
+## Related
+
+Updated icons can be found at [gnome-colors-revival], and the backgrounds
+can be found at [arc-colors-revival].
+
## Credits
- [Numix] by [shimmerproject]
-- [GNOME Colors] project for the initial theme design
-- [Shiki-Colors-Xfwm] by [fredbird67], modified by myself
+- [GNOME Colors] project for the initial theme designs, and base for a lot
+ of the assets used for the Metacity and Xfwm4 themes.
+- [Shiki-Colors-Xfwm] by [fredbird67], modified heavily for this project
+[gnome-colors-revival]: https://github.com/Somasis/gnome-colors-revival
+[arc-colors-revival]: https://github.com/Somasis/arc-colors-revival
[Numix]: https://github.com/shimmerproject/Numix
[Shiki-Colors-Xfwm]: http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Zukitwo-Colors+Xfwm+Themes?content=148624
[shimmerproject]: http://github.com/shimmerproject