Re: A theme

Walt Tuvell <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:22:12 -0500
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Peter, just to close this loop: My theme is called Heliotrope, but you
also mention Grey. Does that mean there was a snafu on your end, or is
there something I still may be able to help with, or what?

Thx.

--- Walt




On 03/05/2018 10:32 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Monday, 5 March 2018 14:22:26 GMT you wrote:
>> Cool, Peter.
> [...]
>> While I'm a programmer myself, ...
> I was too, but not really in the last 35 years.
>
> [...]
>> The various yellow things ("krells," often flickering) are defined as
>> raster bit images, in files named krell_*.png, under
>> .../.gkrellm2/themes/Heliotrope/.
> What?! Where did the link with Heliotrope come from? It isn't in gkrellmrc.
>
>> GIMP is the tool of choice for editing these. In particular, if you change
>> their yellow color to "transparent," it should do what you want.
> Nope. It still flickers, but with a paler colour. Maybe my GIMP-fu isn't up 
> to it.
>
>> But if it's only the frenetic flickering that's bothering you, you can
>> change that in the regular GUI settings (Configuration ➜ General ➜ Options
>> ➜ Krell and LED updates per second); I use 3-per-second. For other super-
>> fine-tuning, look into the gkrellmrc file.
> I've been through everything I can think of in gkrellmrc, but nothing helps. 
> Isn't there a way just to omit those panels/meters/charts or whatever 
> they're called?
>
>> PS. I don't know if you noticed, I did make a couple of off-by-one pixel
>> fixes, which are now uploaded at https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1216659/.
> Ah, right - thanks.
>


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    Peter, just to close this loop: My theme is called Heliotrope, but
    you also mention Grey. Does that mean there was a snafu on your end,
    or is there something I still may be able to help with, or what?<br>
    <br>
    Thx.<br>
    <br>
    --- Walt<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/05/2018 10:32 AM, Peter Humphrey
      wrote:<br>
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      <pre wrap="">On Monday, 5 March 2018 14:22:26 GMT you wrote:
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        <pre wrap="">Cool, Peter.
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      <pre wrap="">[...]
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        <pre wrap="">While I'm a programmer myself, ...
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I was too, but not really in the last 35 years.

[...]
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      <blockquote type="cite">
        <pre wrap="">The various yellow things ("krells," often flickering) are defined as
raster bit images, in files named krell_*.png, under
.../.gkrellm2/themes/Heliotrope/.
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      </blockquote>
      <pre wrap="">
What?! Where did the link with Heliotrope come from? It isn't in gkrellmrc.

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      <blockquote type="cite">
        <pre wrap="">GIMP is the tool of choice for editing these. In particular, if you change
their yellow color to "transparent," it should do what you want.
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      </blockquote>
      <pre wrap="">
Nope. It still flickers, but with a paler colour. Maybe my GIMP-fu isn't up 
to it.

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      <blockquote type="cite">
        <pre wrap="">But if it's only the frenetic flickering that's bothering you, you can
change that in the regular GUI settings (Configuration ➜ General ➜ Options
➜ Krell and LED updates per second); I use 3-per-second. For other super-
fine-tuning, look into the gkrellmrc file.
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      <pre wrap="">
I've been through everything I can think of in gkrellmrc, but nothing helps. 
Isn't there a way just to omit those panels/meters/charts or whatever 
they're called?

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        <pre wrap="">PS. I don't know if you noticed, I did make a couple of off-by-one pixel
fixes, which are now uploaded at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1216659/">https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1216659/</a>.
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Ah, right - thanks.

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