securitybreach Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 22 hours ago, wa4chq said: Some good info there in your notes, Sunrat. I'm looking at the html right now. Thanks! Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 5 hours ago, securitybreach said: On 1/17/2021 at 5:05 AM, wa4chq said: Some good info there in your notes, Sunrat. I'm looking at the html right now. Thanks! Agreed Thanks, been collecting those notes for a while. I have added a few since posting that. I do still need to tidy it up and remove a couple of deprecated commands. There are some little-known programs/commands in it which are perfect for very specific situations like sacad (Super Album Cover Automatic Downloader) which tries to download album cover images from the internet and can do a whole collection at once. It occasionally pulls in an incorrect image so need to manually check them but can save much time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I remember when I bought the Linux Cookbook....I went thru that thing cover to cover trying everything out.....I should have been taking notes....lol but that's the story of my life. But to be honest, I have saved stuff and do refer back to them now and then. That's why linux appeals to me compared to Windows.....you have control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 My fav Linux book to this day is still the one that Bruno recommended to me a few eons ago (it seems)... Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: My fav Linux book to this day is still the one that Bruno recommended to me a few eons ago (it seems)... Linux: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer I forgot about that one, thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 9 hours ago, securitybreach said: I forgot about that one, thanks You can grab an ebook version from here --> https://1lib.us/book/465180/061209 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: You can grab an ebook version from here --> https://1lib.us/book/465180/061209 Thanks but I still have a copy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 As I have been busy doing a fresh install of Arch on my newly built computer I have been reading a lot of notes and information all over the place. As I keep quite a few notes in ZIM and they have become out of date or just messy and in some cases incomprehensible I decided to tidy zim up. To do this has meant a lot of reading which has been giving me a bit of eye strain looking at vast acres of white backgrounds. I have my mousepad with a darker background and find it quite soothing so thought I would do the same thing in zim. Turns out is not so simple. If I was running Gnome I could probably do it quite easily but I am running Window Maker and have no experience with Gnome. Found some very nice looking Gnome themes but have no idea how to install them and even if I did would they interfere with my Window Maker themes? Reading up on this was giving me a headache so looked for another solution. Eventually found out how to make the changes I wanted, well sort of. I have a working solution but it is a work in progress as the colours are not quite suitable for me. Any ways here is a looksee, For me that is easier on the eye and has reduced the eye strain a lot. It is not perfect as the top section is still white but I can live with that for now. maybe someone can give a solution to that. Here is what I did. Created a file. /home/bloodaxe/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css with this content Quote #zim-pageview text { background-color: #91dfb8 ; /* changes the background color of the Zim's page editor */ color: #0f0808 ; /* foreground text color */ font : "jetbrains mono nl:semibold:antialias=true"; } #zim-pageindex { color : #0f0808 ; font : "jetbrains mono nl:semibold:antialias=true"; background-color : #91dfb8 ; } Am not sure if the " font " alteration is correct but am too whacked out to test it out for now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 1 hour ago, abarbarian said: As I have been busy doing a fresh install of Arch on my newly built computer I have been reading a lot of notes and information all over the place. As I keep quite a few notes in ZIM and they have become out of date or just messy and in some cases incomprehensible I decided to tidy zim up. To do this has meant a lot of reading which has been giving me a bit of eye strain looking at vast acres of white backgrounds. I have my mousepad with a darker background and find it quite soothing so thought I would do the same thing in zim. Turns out is not so simple. If I was running Gnome I could probably do it quite easily but I am running Window Maker and have no experience with Gnome. Found some very nice looking Gnome themes but have no idea how to install them and even if I did would they interfere with my Window Maker themes? Reading up on this was giving me a headache so looked for another solution. Eventually found out how to make the changes I wanted, well sort of. I have a working solution but it is a work in progress as the colours are not quite suitable for me. Any ways here is a looksee, For me that is easier on the eye and has reduced the eye strain a lot. It is not perfect as the top section is still white but I can live with that for now. maybe someone can give a solution to that. Here is what I did. Created a file. /home/bloodaxe/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css with this content Am not sure if the " font " alteration is correct but am too whacked out to test it out for now. I recently experienced something similar, while I was trying to make my Linux Apps resemble my ChromeOS theme on my Chromebook. I think you're on the right track. See if this isn't what you're trying to accomplish: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/gtk-applications-dark-theme I employed the 3.1 solution for my Chromebook, but since you're using WindowMaker, I think you may be interested in solution 3.3 (application specific themeing?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abarbarian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 21 hours ago, Hedon James said: I think you're on the right track. I'm not so sure about that Not sure if I want all stuff looking like GTK. As am not sure if it will interfere with the Window Maker themes. Thanks for the link. I'll run with what I have at present and look into this more when I have finished with more important setting up stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, sunrat said: More info needed !!! I guess you have GTK on all the pc. Or is it just a Zim customisation ? Looks pretty neat. I quite like the various Nordic themes. The Dracula ones are neat but a tad too much odd colours for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 @abarbarian That's just how it looks by default in KDE Plasma with Breeze Dark theme. I haven't changed anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, abarbarian said: I'm not so sure about that Not sure if I want all stuff looking like GTK. As am not sure if it will interfere with the Window Maker themes. Thanks for the link. I'll run with what I have at present and look into this more when I have finished with more important setting up stuff. I hear ya buddy, and since I don't know what engine WM uses for theming either, I can't say for certain if it will affect WM themes. But the 2 modifications that I reference from the article are ONE LINERS....you've already worked harder to create the green & yellow theme. If the 3.1 solution buggers up your WM themes, you can change it to solution 3.3....theme preferences for a specific application, such as "zim". If it's a 10-step process, you're already on step 9 brutha....ya just gotta nudge it over the finish line. Literally....nudge it with a one-liner modification. Unless you prefer the green & yellow theme? In which case, apologies for the misunderstanding...carry on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2024 at 8:23 AM, abarbarian said: As I have been busy doing a fresh install of Arch on my newly built computer I have been reading a lot of notes and information all over the place. As I keep quite a few notes in ZIM and they have become out of date or just messy and in some cases incomprehensible I decided to tidy zim up. To do this has meant a lot of reading which has been giving me a bit of eye strain looking at vast acres of white backgrounds. I have my mousepad with a darker background and find it quite soothing so thought I would do the same thing in zim. Turns out is not so simple. If I was running Gnome I could probably do it quite easily but I am running Window Maker and have no experience with Gnome. Found some very nice looking Gnome themes but have no idea how to install them and even if I did would they interfere with my Window Maker themes? Reading up on this was giving me a headache so looked for another solution. Eventually found out how to make the changes I wanted, well sort of. I have a working solution but it is a work in progress as the colours are not quite suitable for me. Any ways here is a looksee, For me that is easier on the eye and has reduced the eye strain a lot. It is not perfect as the top section is still white but I can live with that for now. maybe someone can give a solution to that. Here is what I did. Created a file. /home/bloodaxe/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css with this content Am not sure if the " font " alteration is correct but am too whacked out to test it out for now. Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Here I am just remembering everything instead of making notes. Perhaps I should try out some notes sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 5 hours ago, sunrat said: @abarbarian That's just how it looks by default in KDE Plasma with Breeze Dark theme. I haven't changed anything. Ah ha righty ho . 5 hours ago, Hedon James said: If the 3.1 solution buggers up your WM themes, you can change it I have found over the years that once I bork Window Maker it either takes an inordinate amount of time to sort it or it never gets sorted and I have to start again. This` file is mentioned elsewhere ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini but I do not have one at all. I did not have a ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css one either . I made one of those as I knew it was zim specific. Not at all sure how that .ini file would react with my set up. Later on I will have another look at this but am too busy getting the new install right. I did an awful lot of fiddling on the last install and it is taking me some time to sort out what was useful and what is total rubbish. Once I have a decent clean set up and a backup made I might start fiddling again/, but in a more scientific way rather that the gung ho method I have been using. Changing the colours I have is a simple cut and paste of colour codes, hard part is choosing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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