Re: theming gnect (Four-in-a-row)

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Nicu Buculei wrote:

> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 13:37:33 +0300
> From: Nicu Buculei <nicu_gnome nicubunu ro>
> To: games-list gnome org
> Subject: theming gnect (Four-in-a-row)
>
> I made a custom theme for gnect (nothing fancy, just as an experiment)
> but I am unable to make it work.
>
> I created an image with the right size (300x50, 6 pieces), both in PNG
> and SVG format, named it tileset_50x50_nicu.png and placed, as
> instructed by the help, in ~/.gnect/pixmaps. Starting the program, it
> does not appear in the themes list, so can't be selected.

there is a bug, that doesn't work

you need to log in as root and put your file in place of one of the
standard themes.

> Following the experience with theming other games, I placed the file on
> /usr/share/pixmaps/gnect/, along with the other themes. Still no success.

I would have thought that would work but now that you mention it I
probably just overrode an existing file rather than adding a new one.

> The only way to make it work, is to *replace* one of the files from
> /usr/share/pixmaps/gnect with my new file.
>
> So obviously, I am missing something, any advice please?

"Gnect needs to have user-defined themes support again."
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307446

We should probably comment out the relevant section of the documentation
until the feature works again but I never got around to it.  I was hoping
it could be fixed rather than needing to change the documentation.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/