Welcome to the first MacOS-theme for KDE
Version 0.50
10/1998 by Daniel
Mettler
10/1998 modifications by Robert Flemming
supported by: (only me
myself so far ;-)
Important notes:
So far this theme does not
work properly with kwm.
Nevertheless I expect it to
work correctly with future versions of kwm.
UPDATE:
This should be fixed now. --Robert
Contents
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Overview
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Screenshots
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Installation
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General Hints
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Deinstallation
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ToDo/Known Bugs
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Links
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Credits
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License
Overview
Enjoy the power and stability of Linux without leaving the desktop
feeling you are used to!
"Themes" are some kind of packages of graphical elements to personalize
the appearance of your KDE/KWM desktop. With this MacOS-theme I
tried to give KDE/KWM as much as possible of the appearance of a
MacO$ 8.1.
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Screenshots
NB: This screenshot shows the desktop as it looks like when the pixmaps
are not displayed properly by kwm. Expect it to look much
better with future versions of kwm.
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Installation
For the following installation procedures I assume that you have installed
KDE and that it is working correctly. Thus, you should have set an environment
variable called KDEDIR pointing to your KDE base directory (usually /opt/kde).
You can create links instead of copying files.
Global installation
Note: For the following procedure you need to be root. This installation
method changes the KDE appearance defaults for all users
on the system.
Follow the instructions in the next subsection, User installation,
but replace all occurences of ~/.kde by $KDEDIR.
The system-wide environment variable $KDEDIR points to the KDE base
directory, usually /opt/kde.
User installation
Note: This method describes how to change KDE's appearance for an individual
user without changing its appearance for other users.
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Make backup copies (e.g. file extension *.ori) of all files you need to
replace or edit in the following procedure!
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Extract all files included with this package to a temporary directory.
In this temporary directory a new folder called MacOS-theme_x.xx
(containing the files in the package) will be created, where x.xx
is the version number of this MacOS-theme package.
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If you do not have the following directories yet, create them with mkdir
<directory>:
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~/.kde/share/apps/kwm/pics/
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~/.kde/share/apps/kpanel/pics/
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~/.kde/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/
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~/.kde/share/wallpapers/
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The following files need to be copied from the MacOS-theme_x.xx
directory (see above) to the appropriate directories:
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Copy the file MacOS.kcsrc to ~/.kde/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/
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If it exists, copy the file MacOS.png to ~/.kde/share/apps/kpanel/pics/
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Copy the file MacOS.jpg to ~/.kde/share/wallpapers/
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Copy all other .png files to ~/.kde/share/apps/kwm/pics
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Edit the file ~/.kde/share/config/kwmrc to match the values
in kwmrc.MacOS
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Edit the file ~/.kde/share/config/kpanelrc to match the
values in kpanelrc.MacOS (if it exists)
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Start the KDE Control Center and
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choose ~/.kde/share/wallpapers/MacOS.jpg as wallpaper (see
Desktop..Background).
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choose MacOS as color-scheme (see Desktop..Colors).
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choose a nice font for your desktop, e. g. lucida as general font
(see Desktop..Fonts etc.)
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enable "Draw widgets in the style of Windows 95" (see Desktop..Fonts etc.)
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customize the appearance & functionality of the titlebar to your needs
(see Windows..Buttons).
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To get transparent desktop icons open a kfm-window and choose [Options..Configure
Browser...] in the menubar. Under the tab Other enable "Transparent
text for Root icons".
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Run krdb and restart KDE.
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If everything works correctly remove the directory MacOS-theme_x.xx
of your temporary directory.
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General Hints
Aye, aye, Sir! ;-)
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I recommend to use the color-scheme which is included in this theme package
as most button pixmaps look ugly otherwise.
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You can activate all titlebar-buttons you already know from your default
KDE desktop (Menu, Close, Sticky, Iconify, Maximize). E.g. you can
use a button for the pin-up/down feature (also called "sticky windows")
which actually does not exist in MacOS. I tried to design these buttons
in a MacOS-like manner.
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Instead of enabling the menu button for your windows (apple pixmap
for non-KDE applications) you can right-click on the title bar or
hit ALT-F3 to get the same functionality.
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So far there is no implementation of the un/shading feature by clicking
on a button (as seen on MacOS) in KDE/KWM. In KDE/KWM un/shading
of windows is done by double-clicking with the left mouse-button on
the menu bar (similar to MacOS). Nevertheless I included an icon for
un/shading of windows to be prepared for future implementations.
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You are completely free in choosing another font. "Utopia" simply is a
nice font for the desktop (authors opinion, sure) and the most MacOS-stylish
font I found so far.
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Do not forget to mowe the lawn in the background of your MacOS-theme every
three days ;-) Hmm, actually this is a good idea for a new screensaver.
If anybody likes to develop such a screensaver I would appreciate to include
it with this theme. I think there already exists something like this for
Micro$oft Window$.
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If you are using this MacOS-theme please send me an e-mail message: Daniel
Mettler, mettlerd@usa.net.
Please do not send me a 10 KB message, just send me an empty message or
a few lines of comment. If I get some feedback I will be encouraged to
improve this theme (or create other themes).
Deinstallation
temporary
If you like to switch off the ShapeMode only without deinstalling
this theme do the following:
Edit the file ~/.kde/share/config/kwmrc or $KDEDIR/share/config/kwmrc
(depending on your installation method): Change the ShapeMode to
ShapeMode=Off
permanent
Undo the steps you did under the section Installation.
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ToDo/Known Bugs
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Until now this theme does not work properly with kwm. E.g. the borders
and the corners do not match together; some of the pixmaps are not displayed
correctly. Even if I do not know the reason for these issues I expect them
to disappear with future versions of kwm.
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The instructions given in this document have not been tested. You do everything
related to this theme on your own risk.
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Improve the pixmaps for pinup/pindown
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Include a MacOS-like font for X with this theme. Please contact
me if you have any.
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If there is a demand for it include MacOS-like desktop icons (trash, HDD,
FDD, CDD, ...) too.
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What about MacOS-like system sounds?
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lawn-mower-screensaver (?)
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Perhaps include MacOS 8.5(tm)-like themes with this theme.
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Set up a (small & humble) homepage for my themes. Hmm...last priority
as there already exist at least two good sites for KDE-themes (see section
Links in this document).
Note for SysOps/Webmasters: I am always looking for webspace for
free (not only for a KDE-themes page), preferrably without advertisement
banners. Please contact
me, if you have any to offer. These server-space donations (as well
as all other kinds of useful donations ;-) will be mentioned at least at
the top of this document. See the Links
& Credits section.
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For bug-reports, comments, suggestions please drop me a few lines: Daniel
Mettler, mettlerd@usa.net
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Links
So far there are no donations.
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Credits
Thanks to
my supporters:
Thanks to
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License
This theme is released under the terms and conditions of the GNU GPL.
MacOS is a trademark of Apple Macintosh
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