lubuntu-desktop team mailing list archive

[Kevin <octosquidopus@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wonderful!

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:49, PCMan <pcman.tw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As stated in previous posts, LXAppearance is currently being
> rewritten. Today, the rewrite is finished.
> Now LXAppearance becomes the most feature-rich Gnome-free gtk+ theme
> changer.
>
> If the gtk+ theme you use supports color schemes, such as Clearlooks,
> you can customize these colors in LXAppearance, just like what you can
> do in gnome-appearance-properties.
>
> For screenshot:
> http://blog.lxde.org/?attachment_id=780
>
> Later, LXAppearance2  will replace LXAppearance and move to
> lxappearance git repository.
>
> Main features of LXApppearance2:
> 1.Depends on gtk+ only. Can work completely without gnome.
> 2.Friendly and Gnome HIG compliant user interface
> 3.Provides real-time preview of the selected themes
> 4.Changes icon theme
> 5.Changes cursor theme in a almost desktop independent way.
> 6.Supports color schemes. You can change the color used by themes if
> the themes support gtk color scheme.
> 7.Able to install/remove icon and cursor themes in a user-friendly way
> 8.Provides additional options for gtk toolbars
> 9.Able to turn off event sound provided by libcanberra-gtk-module.
> 10.Changes default font used by gtk+ applications
> 11.Although this is a LXDE component, it works perfectly well outside
> LXDE and it has no LXDE dependencies.
> To get the latest source code in development:
> git clone git://lxde.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lxde/lxappearance2
> (This repo will become invalid once the code is moved to master branch
> of the original lxappearance repo.)
>
> A note for translators:
> Please don't start the translation now. The UI is not frozen now. I'm
> still waiting for user feedbacks.
> In addition, the English strings need some proof reading before being
> translated.
> The translation should be started after lxappearance2 is moved to the
> original lxappearance repo.
> The original master branch of old lxappearance will be moved to
> another branch for backup.
>
> Please get it heavily tested and give some feedbacks. Patches are also
> welcomed.
> Cheers!
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>