I've been using the nonstep theme for litestep since ots was shiney and new, but the origonal creator (urula2k) seems to have dissapeared off the face of the planet. Does anyone know if he/she is going to update it for OTS2, or if anyone else is working on it?
If not, I'll do it, as well as add extra color themes. (llooking at the code, it seems that ursula2k origonally intended there to be a red theme, and included the code for it)
I thought someone has already done an update. Take a look through the Themes section. I'm probably wrong.
143lsstep did an ots2 release - it's available in the themes section
actually i updated it three times. get the latest release if possible. ;)
sweet, thanks!
edit: I've noticed a few problems, and i still want to add color themes, can i do that and email (or something) you the updated copy?
edit2: i've made more changes, and am making this a significant update.
No need to email me the copy of the theme. go ahead and upload the theme. would love to see more colors in the theme. make sure u include the proper credits to Ursula2k.
i made a grey one, Im tracking down the purple one that can be found on google, and Im encouraging people to help. anyone want to do the red one?
I'll code if you paint!
edit: the creator of the purple one deleted it. :(
bump! more colors done. (grey, red, dark blue and a black "night" scheme) anyone want to do any color schemes?
I know no on replied las time, but im still trying
hey i am waiting for the theme.... i would like to see a brownish shade... :)
brownish, got it. if you want an exact shade, just give me the rgb color values for it.
any more suggestions?
naah... any brownish shade would do... thanx...
I got the night on edoen last night, god that was a bitch. Its quite different to the normal ones too. I'll post a beta later today. then i can get some feedback.
Teh Beetar vershun!!!!11!!!1!one!!eleven!!1!!0|\|3!
http://members.aol.com/a6ds9fj3b20cjf29/nonstep2.lsz
i hate having aol, but my folks wont get rid of it. at least they have reliable hosting. the random address is to stop spammers causing crazy aol bitch to declare loudly that i have email.
Teh Beetar vershun!!!!11!!!1!one!!eleven!!1!!0|\|3! whats that?
nice work .... cool schemes. liked the royal blue a lot. when do i see the brownish shade??
the beta version! with making fun of n00bs attached.
and brown is next. anyone else expericening a bug causing everything to get stuffed to one side when using top bar mode? and night mode sucks on top mode, I know, but its a nightmare to fix.
for the top mode problem. change the following in the script.rc file ::
*script exec !ifEq bar "top" !jDeskSetWorkArea 0,0,46,0
to
*script exec !ifEq bar "top" !jDeskSetWorkArea 0,46,0,0
cuz of jdesk versions.....
Is there a way to change the font in the theme? It's quite un-readable for me.
mr_pollock:: copy the files present in the themes\misc folder to your windows\fonts directory. simple.
nooby:: yup that was my fault. but i gave teh solution in the comments section.... u didnt read... so ur fault... :)
YOU should have done a fourth update! =P
but enough of that. one last question about your brown theme. do you want it based around the regular pale themes, new dark one, or uberdark night theme?
anyone want a blue night theme?
feature requests?
anything?
Thanks guy. That helped a mucho buncho.
yeah i would like it to be based around the theme colours.... the pale ones....
ok, I got bored last night, and am now inspired. you shall have (copied from themepopup, cos im a lazy ***
ones marked with a ! are done, ? is in progress
*Popup "Colour Schemes" Folder
*Popup "classic - generic" !Generic !
*Popup "classic - green" !Green !
*Popup "classic - grey" !Grey !
*Popup "classic - orange" !Orange !
*Popup "classic - red" !Red !
*Popup "classic - brown" !Brown ?
*Popup "darkish - royal blue" !royal !
*Popup "darkish - deep red" !deepred ?
*Popup "darkish - purple goo" !purple
*Popup "darkish - forest" !forest
*popup "night - black" !night !
*popup "night - blue" !bluenight !
*popup "night - digital" !digital !
*Popup ~Folder
new beta tomorrow. any way of telling the theme to install the font?
yes. u can add certain lines in the "theme.ini" file, just the same way as u specify the wallpaper. i just dont remember what those lines were... 8-) ... there is a module to do so also.... loadfont or something... i have to rush now... will search and give the details later...
Wow, you're really on a run with them colour schemes. I'm quite interested to see what you come up with in this theme as I too use it.
You know, it's really really hard to find any good walk paper to go with the Green colour scheme...
btw - there are two instances of that jDesk call in the script file. Just FYI. I got hit with that when I max/minned it. ;)
You know one other thing this theme can use? A scroll left/right for taskbar icons. I know, I have a butt load. One of the disadvantages of running a laptop.
hmmm, know any other themes that can do that? I'm a bit of a n00b, and learn through code dissection
update:
all colors mentioned are done, zipped filesize is ~900KB... :/
desktop icons support added (code from austerity used with credit given to omar)
bar transparency is now in the works
as soon is I get info on icon scrolling, I'll impiment that.
LightGnome I think has it.
ok, I spent 2 hours last night trying to make variable transparency for popup2 (using grdtransparent, it seemed a shme to waste all the effort, see below) through the themepopup work. How do i have textedit comment/uncomment several rows of text, without telling it for sure which are commented? Is this going to be a mess of IF statements, or is there an easier way to code it? If this doesnt make sence, I'll post the actual code later.
No beta till this is worked out!
also, haing the whole bar apear translucent is impossible due to the bottombar/topbar showing through the clock and system tray. It would require almost a complete re-write.
I realized that I could shrink filesize quite a lot as well. Turns out, windows' thumbs.db was in every folder, and it wasnt being compressed much.
Tools > Folder Options > Uncheck hide protected operating system files will show you thumbs.db. Sure you already knew this but just in case. Also, I don't think thumbs.db will automatically generate unless you're viewing your files in thumbnail view. Try view list, and view protected operating system files.
instead of commenting and uncommenting using textedit... use IF ELSE statements and edit the variables. example ::
IF transvalue 0
grdtransparent statements...
ELSE IF transvalue 1
grdtransparent statements2...
ENDIF
now u can define that variable transvalue in some place.
Use text edit to replace its value with what u want...
!textreplace @$path$file.rc@ @transvalue *@ @transvalue 0@
U can have as many items in the IF ELSE statements... just make sure u dont mess them up.
Also remember !textreplace is much better than uncommenting/commenting and also than !textappend or !textreplace.
if u have any problems... go ahead... /me very sleeeepy now... ;)
that is sooooooo obvious... I am such a dumbass...
*fixes*
*checks todo list*
Other ideas are stupid/useless/impossible, I'm gonna release this as soon as task scrolling is implimented...
edit:litegnome doesnt do it. I checked. i set my rez to 800x600 and opened around 50 explorer windows. It jsut shrinks the entries
Ghost does it. And it's not Taskbar scrolling, it's SysTray scrolling. Sorry (another dumbass here). I always get them two words mixed up...
even better, even I could make use of that!
hi ppl ... is it possible to get back the desktop icons ? would be fine ... thx
hey, i love this theme but am having a few probs. im using the nonstep2 posted above, but i just closed litestep, then opened it up again, and a few of the images are not showing up. here is the task bar from a screenshot..
http://students.washington.edu/rubenr/bar.jpg
so yeah, like the end images, the 'amp,' 'sys,' and all the other things are not showing up. but if i change colors of the theme, all the backgrounds for the clock and what not change accordingly. anyone know what i can do? ah and i am looking forward to the new beta :)
edit: fixed
leberwurst: its in the new beta on its way
Dnyl:
ctrl - alt -f1
click recycle. that help?
I got lazy. Back to work now on this then...
nah, didnt work, so i made a hotkey to togglemodules, and that seems to do the trick. sometimes have to do it more than once, but yeah, it works.
Is it like that with all themes or just this one?
first time this has happened to me. been through a number of different themes and its never happened.
Odd. I don;t know what to reccomend. If you figure something out to go in a RC file that fixes it, post the code and I'll put it in the final release.
My PC died, so the final release, instead of being within a few days of now, could be a week or more. If the hard drive is fcked, Im not going to redo it all. Litestep is buggy for me, and I've stopped using it until I get my new PC (allready in the works before the current one died) running.
ok so i just noticed why that problem was going on. anytime i right click the desktop for the pop up menu, or shift click for the other popup menuall the buttons go disappear. reload the modules and its all good though. maybe that helps. i dont know what to do. thanks
well, my PC is ok now, but im still going to wait for the new one before doing more work. damn system tray...
hi
i have some probs with the nonstep beta and im really glad to know there is someone working on that theme - nice job!
But as with the original version there is something messed up for me =(
the AMP VOL SYS and CMD thingys that shall show up right to the buttons when pressed are all stuck to the upper left of my screen -
http://www.staff-sax.de/Zwischenablage01.jpg - how do i get this to work the way its supposed to?
2nd thing is: as u also can see in the sceeny most of the taskbar is beeing shown on top of running apps - id rather like to have it displayed in the background.
and finally, does anyone know if and where i could find a rainmeter skin that looks like the non|step logo to te lower left?
that would be awesome
*itching for the next beta*
muuuu
1. not sure, what resolution are you using?
2. that can be made optional, i'll put it on the list of stuff to do.
3. I'll make one. why the hell not. :D
ups did i write rainmeter? i ment rainlendar of course
sorry
my bad
The thread that n3\/3r dies!
yup...waiting to see some more updates... :)
i think you'll need to let it die for a week until i get my new PC working. This is my dads laptop, and he wont let me install litestep... I'll upload what i've done so far if i get time...
coding sucks.... :D
see ya!
Is there any possible way to make it so that the task text bar (the one that displays the title of whatever is open) can display foreign language characters? For example, when I open up various IM windows with friends, they might have Chinese characters in their name, and they show up in the task text bar as: ?????? or what not.
I'm just curious if there's a fix, as it would look more aesthetically appealing.
u can do that by using a chinese font instead of the one used. edit the font used by the tasks module in theme.rc and change it to the one that displays your chinese characters. this will solve teh ????? that shows up.
This is by far the best theme i'be ever installed. It does has some flaws, but nothing a little searching won't fix. Thanx a lot guys.
I just noticed my english and my typing sucked :)
*Feeling stupid now*
What is the best way to start with programming Litestep themes?
Would it be possible to show icons in the popup menus?
@ 143lsstep:
I'm not sure that replacing the font that the theme.rc runs will make it so that the text taskbar can display Chinese characters. Since this is an English OS of WinXP, there is no installed Chinese fonts, but I did install East Asian Language Support (hence why my instant messengers can display Chinese characters). However, the text taskbar still can't display Chinese chars even after I replace the fonts in the theme.rc...Got any other ideas? This has partially to do with the taskbar also not being able to display special characters like the º (degree) symbol.
Also, is it possible to put in a temperature monitor (for the motherboard)? I'm currently using the [mbmTemperature(2)] command, but all it displays is 0 C. Funny thing, it definitely works with another theme that I've tried running. I've made sure that Task.dll and Label.dll, but it still doesn't like to display it properly. Got any ideas on this as well?
@OnE!
When u know what u wanna change [the icons] and u got an idea which module would do this [prolly the popup mod] >> try reading the documentation ...
muhKuh, you seem interested enough, want to co-develop this job?
I swear, when i get my new mobo, i'll resume work!
well, since i changed this and that it now works for my resolution ... but im so fuckin lazy to do this for every res twice [bottom and top bar] ... hmmmm get ya mobo and tell me once ya ready to do some coding - ill see what i can do
the only things im till havin trouble with is that some things want to stay on top i.e. if i browse in full screen [f11] ... that would be::
systray
tasks
vwm
lsxcommand
lsslider
and jamp
if someone knows how to tell em to stay in the background that would be sweet!
I finally RMA'd the faulty one. I SHOULD (but might not) have a working system ready to code in under a week.
Is it possible to change the font used by non|step? My Win2K won't install the .pfb, says it's invalid or damaged.
@sciurus
u could try using this Stan... [also in the misc folder] font
just replace every "nonstep" in the config files which is behind some font-whatever tag with the font u like to be be displayed
hmmmm ... nobody here who knows how to tell em modules to lay low?
well, i guess the settings like SysTrayAlwaysOnTop false would work correctly, but there is this gray taskbar background wich would then stay on top instead ...
=/
hmmmm ... i nearly got it - the shortcut that displays the bar is the troublemaker so i commented it off and told everything to stay low ... it works but i have no backgraound for the taskbar now - so i wanted to create a Label like this
BarLabelX 0
BarLabelY 0
BarLabelWidth ResolutionX
BarLabelHeight 44
BarLabelImage topbar-kl.bmp ;modded 1px version of the bar
BarLabelOnLeftClick !PopupCommandTasks -598 42
but its not being displayed, what am i missing here?
please help!
dont variables (ResolutionX) need $ round them? I havent even looked at a .rc for weeks, so i forget...
also, modded is spelt wrong in the comment...
yes they do.... $ResolutionX$ and quotes if variables contain spaces.... "$pathtosomedir$" ...
well, that doesnt help - even BarLabelWidth 50 or whatever doesnt work
what else do i haave to set in order to display that label?
or even better, how do i get the bar shortcut to display in the background?
well as for now i cut out the systray, vwm, jamp and clock area from the bar, but thats kinda silly and of course only works for my resolution ... i dont know what to do ... ill peek into the label doc this weekend
btw is the order of the commands important?
i.e. if i create A before B, B will be on top and visible
I think the theme could do with having the bar redone in several images and put together again in theme.rc
thats exactly what i was thinking all the time coz that 1600px long bar and these strange positionings kinda foils dual screen support ...
and, Nobby, like the samples i sent u some code is written more often then necessary - for instance we could split that theme up for lowRes [
that 1600 pix bar is needed for 1600 resolutions. solution: separate bars for each resolution. yesno?
i was thinking more like a dynamic one :D
see my Label code
Muh, what windows theme is that you're using in the screenshot you posted? I must have it! :D
its called AxiosWB
and yeah, i love it 2 :D
well, since its kinda old i updated it slightly ... see the new screeny
http://www.staff-sax.de/Zwischenablage01.jpg
in case ya wondering - the fireFox skin is called Smoke
have fun
that todo list thingy you have is neat, what is it?
edit: nvm, dumb q, got it
btw wat is that to do list? i didnt get it :(
Nobby i just found out u did a winap skin ... nice work although the font in the playlist window is messed up for me :/
ah no - it was the Streamripper skin u did and that Winamp skin was just linked - forgive me
anyway wassup with your new computer? up and running?
no, my MOBO still hasnt been delivered, and the RAM has gone missing. I think a s-called 'freind' stole it.... X(
hmmmm thats sad
found a lovely trillian skin, a winamp skin, and a WindowBlinds skin [although its a lil buggy] and collected some new ideas for the final non|step version - i even found someone who claims to be in contact with ursula2k ... no reply to my mail yet
hmmmm its gonna take quite some time, BUT the final non|step version i already 'see' on my desktop looks and feels fuckin awesome
good luck with ya new hardware
cya
hrrm where is the windowblinds and winamp skins?
msstyle::
http://files.deviantart.com/f/2003/43/d/1/nonstep_4.zip
winamp::
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/files/Nonstep_1.wsz
trillian::
http://files.customize.org/trillian/nonstepgeneric1-0.zip
if anyone could do a conversion of that msstyle thingy to a real WB skin with all its extras like the explorer bars and these explorer icons
http://www.customize.org/details/26969 ... maybe theres someone with some talent and spare time ...
would be nice
dont look at me, i cant stand WB...
i could give it a try since im an ObjectDesktop subscriber and hance have all the tools one would need ... but i duno when this will happen ...
non|step :: additions by muhKuh
===============================
. redone structure of the taskbar [design stays, only compositon of graphics will change]
. redone structure of rc files
. 2 versions =1280x [of course buttom and top version each will stay]
. dual monitor support [? - depends on how difficult this will be]
. scrollable systray
. tinted icons in systray [?]
. AMP + volume bar for winamp [>=1280x]
. VOL rightclick opens sndvol32.exe
. VOL + displays geekamp
. SYS - altered into something like:: @ since 7D 15:56:42 ... mem ... netIn / netOut ... cpu
. CMD auto focus of lsxcommand when cklicking on/switching to CMD
. CMD clicking the "command" label will start cmd.exe
. CMD + displays geekamp
. wider geekamp and TaskDisplayLabel
. WELL i like to get some opinions about that one - split up the current themepopup
|-> 1sr part:: settings popup [will display via shift+leftclick]
`-> 2nd part:: theme menu - this one stay with the LS button an will display things like start menu / display settings / exit / ...
the reason of this is:: ihave my start menu and control panel in my popup.rc / recycle got a shortcut [ctrl+alt+r] / i barely swich colors [cos at the moment i only altered the orange theme :P so the others wouldnt work in the first place] - i only use this menu to start my endSession()
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/endSession.jpg
so some usefull additions to this menu are appreciated :o
. move the start menu and quicklaunch into the theme menu to get a highly needed button for ...
. NET which will start the browser [leftclick] and the mail app [rightclick]
. FILE well let me show my current config [although it not working like id like it to]
!execute ["$FileManager$" /e,"e:\-downloads-"] !execute ["$FileManager$" "$drives$"]
so its starting the explorer in my working dir on a leftclick and the "my computer" on a rightclick
well, i know ... this depends on if someone uses explorer at all or TotalCommander or the like
but ill implement these actions as themevars so you could alter em easily
. TXT - leftclick textEditor, rightclick IM [?]
. rightclicking the DateLabel will turn it into upTime, leftclicking will change back
. changing the display of desktop icons via the settings menu [topleft bottomleft whatever]
. adding a floating XProp i really miss this handy tool
something like here
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/xpropAndBars.png
. also ill definitely add those bars u can see there for cpu/netIn/netOut [others?]
but more like this
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/bars.jpg
. add a skin for Rainlendar and theme support [u can switch it on/off] [omar structure:: C:\LiteStep\personal\rainlendar]
. skin will look like this
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/rainlendar.png with the nonstep colors
. optional wallpaper [i really often change it so i will obviously skip this feature but supply some :o]
. collecting matching skins:: WinAmp, Trillian, WB, FireFox, icons
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/skins.jpg
. just found this
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/console2.jpg but its very laggy when using all the 'nice' features + theres no way to use the clipboard while in 'design mode' :(
does anyone know good alternatives for cmd.exe?
. new Readme in nonstep style with all the new credits :D
and now it your turn ... please criticize everything and add your thoughts to this list - maybe google showed you some more nice goodies, in this case poste em here!
muhKuh
i have altered and converted the windows skin
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/wb_nonstep.zip
feel free to test it an report the bugs that are still in - of course u need the nonstep fonts which are included!
if someone knows on how to correct the width of letters like ä,ö,... in the nonstep font, please tell me - i might be able to correct that in a ttf font but im unable to convert it in the first place - havent found a suitable tool yet ...
muhKuh
Is there any way to have taskbar items blink when they are updated, i.e. when MSN messenger windows get new messages.
Nevermind. Figured it out myself.
Where might i download nonstep updated with the new colors and such.
Muhkuh, i got my new PC, email me the most recent version so i can do more work!
I have good hosting now so i can host the files.
ok when can we see the updated version? :)
as soon as i get sent it.
i have a website in progress to host it:
http://nonstep.xzxzzx.com
More changes have been made, and a "night | dry blood" theme added. It'll be uploaded to
http://nonstep.xzxzzx.com/beta/nonstep2.2.lsz sometime today.
edit: url updated, file uploaded. report any bugs you find here.
I don't know if it's a temporary problem but the download link doesn't work :/
I really like the theme so I hope it can be fixed :)
EDIT: Now I get a 403 Forbidden error...
The server is on a really sh*tty internet connection. I'll upload it to here...
yet another vesion is ready, I'll put it up later...
@muhkuh:
- adding a floating XProp i really miss this handy tool
something like here
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/xpropAndBars.png
- also ill definitely add those bars u can see there for cpu/netIn/netOut
-------------------------
hey! thats my screenshot :)
anyway .. great to see someone working on nonstep again.
havent been here for some time, and my nonstep hasnt been working anyway until recently (some weird problem with the taskbar module it once used..)
just wanted to let you know that im going to implement the xprop again (i must have the code and graphics somewhere on my hdd). and of course 'my' white colour scheme .. or vanilla.
those bars werent litestep, they were made with samurize. and i doubt that i still have them, but they arent hard to re-do.
just wanted to let you know this, i can give you the xprop stuff and the colour schemes if you want them.
be patient :)
-garland
[ps: hmm, könnte es sein dass dein freund texte auf takte packt?]
white color scheme is sexy :)
@garland
feel free to send anything usefull my way
[es ist nicht mein Freund, sondern meine Schwester mit angehangener 'Band' ... muss noch weng dran gebastelt werden =) ]
i didnt know of samurize as i wrote this but now as i do - i love this app ... sadly when spreading the meters across my screen the cpu usage goes up extremely - also i cant run my winamp equalizer smoothly without my cpu meter rumming through my wallpaper, so i atm have to run 3 samurize clients to display my configs
white color scheme could be included but not in this CounterStrike optics :o
and as i said before ... if u have any suggestions, post em here!
muhKuh
Yes please to the xprop and the white scheme!
*is nosey and babelfishes...
WTF? text on clock packets?
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~troggan/mmmh..vanilla.png
this is what it looks so far
what counterstrike optics ?
so, what did i do?
- added xprop back into it
- got my vanilla colours back (unfinished)
- rainlendar (unfinished too i think, im not 100% satisfied yet)
- desaturated tray and tasks (messes up those nice vanilla colours though ..)
still to do:
- no idea right now, i guess it will never be finished..
[muhkuh- ok, i thought i knew you from another forum (DF)]
you have to release that winamp and rainlendar skin :)
as far as i know, your desaturated tray and tasks will be lost when the color scheme is ported to the newest version of nonstep (we hacked it to pieces to get rid of the stupid bottombar.bmp/topbar.bmp)
It'll be at least a week or more before the next release, since we're now working on a major overhaul. The advantage being lower memory usage, and the ability to make the whole bar translucent.
Since the switch to PNG i've had the idea to run all teh files through photoshop and reduce the colors to only as many as are used in each file, Does anyone know if the PNG format does this automatically when saving, or if theres a tool that can do it as a batch conversion?
to quote immortal, the thread that n3\/3r dies! :P
anyway, got that xprop or vanilla scheme done yet garland?
@garland
wazup with the xprop code u wanted to forward?
btw you mail address isnt working
@ all
well, its not finished right now, but for all of u out there who cant wait to get their hands on this and might send in some bug reports in return
http://staff-sax.de/nonstep/nonstep%20II.lsz
if u get an error installing it - check if u already got a folder named 'nonstep II' and delete it
have fun
By the way, the code has been completely rewritten, and (im my experience) memory usage has been roughly halved.
Color themes are not yet implemented, as the graphics need cut and modified slightly, I'll be starting to do that later today. If you want any colors made a priority, just say, and I'll do them first.
If anyone wants to help out, with color themes or anything else, drop us a line.
make generic a priority :D
i think slavster is doing that one. talk to him on msn if you see him, i'll email you his msn address in case you never added it when we were talking.
just to prove i've been doing something, heres the new readme!
drop me a line if you find any typos or bad code. (its valid though, so should be fine.)
http://nobby.xzxzzx.com/nshelp
the server troubles seem to be over, but email me if it goes down.
wooo, awesome work guys...
Few suggestions:
With the taskbar at the bottom, the LSMail indicator seems to block the "NON | STEP: Digital Workspace" image.
Changing LSMailY -105 in Theme.rc = fixed
Would be *really* great to know when something minimised is trying to take focus (like a previous poster mentioned re: receiving an IM msg)
Also I'd love an alternate taskbar mode. So that icons + text are displayed, and are spread out over the length of the taskbar. I'm often flicking between 3-4 programs, and often different folders etc, and a.)its annoying to click on a tiny icon when there is so much space available there. b.) its impossible to tell which window is which when you have a lot of folder windows open.
It's a nice touch having the labels cross fade between each other, but I'd love to be able to speed up the process a bit (perhaps user selectable speeds)
I've picked up the trillian pro and winamp skins (there is a different skin for winamp5 available too)..
Having trouble tracking down anything else to convert my desktop to being completly non|step
hi DaRKoN_
the lsmail thingy was just something i wanted to have since samurize didnt do this job as it was supposed to and since im always using top mode i ... well, its fixed now
hmmmm - for the focus thing
this should work, the needed settings are there, but it aint working for me either ... that will need a lil research
as for that alternate taskbar mode - ill se what i can do ... but for the time beeing ... feel free to code that and it will be included
i already talked to andymon to be able to speed up the fading ... lets see ...
we will put together a list of matching skins later on ... i planed to do a Rainmeter skin too
hope u found the WindowBlinds skin some posts up from here
so
lets celebrate the 1000+ views of this thread and the upcoming release of the full version!
paste this into your theme.rc::
;; lsMail ;;
if TaskBarMode = 1
LSMailX 27
LSMailY -100
else
LSMailX 140
LSMailY -75 ;for just one mail account set it to -66
endif
muhKuh, I did find the WB skin from above, however it gives me an error when I try and use it. Was something along the lines of "missing file xxx, are you sure this is a windowsblinds skin?"... Then again im a WB newb so it could just be me. I'll have a play with it later tonight.
Any suggestions for Firefox theme?
it isnt a wb theme. its actually a msstyle, so you will have to use stylexp or a patch (i forget the name =[)
nope - there are both in here, the original visual style and the WindowBlinds skin i converted and altered a lil bit to better match the theme
@DaRKoN_ - Smoke would be your new FireFox skin - btw FF 0.9 out!
http://mozthemes.tk/
if u keep getting this error for the wb skin - tell me so i could try to fix it - its working fine here
muuu
@muhKuh - The error I am getting for WB is:
"There appears to be no .uis file in this skin. Are you sure it is a WindowsBlinds skin?"
EDIT: Nevermind me! I figured it out, I couldn't point to the zip file that held the skin, it would spew about missing some file, but if i pointed it just to the wba file, everything works fine.!
EDIT #2: Dropped using it, looks pretty cool, but lacking usability and was a bit rough on the eyes - too much white?
white? there is no white except for the normal window background ... every thing is the same gray as the theme, even the exact same gray for my wallpaper and transparency :o
the lacking usability part i dont understand ... windowblinds doesnt change anything it just skins your windows ??? but if u mean the LS theme ... tell me what ya missing and maybe we'll add it ...
muhKuh
I mean the colours make usability more difficult, as it lacks contrast. Ok, so its not all white, but a lot of very light grey, it's so bright I'm having to squint at my screen :)
Also, behind the File, Edit menu text etc on some programs (photoshop, notepad2) they are a bright pink colour (something to do with transparency?)
Anyway:
http://members.optushome.com.au/ctolkien/outlook.png
Now, I don't know about you, but after looking at that above pic for 5 seconds my eyes start to strain... too *bright* !
I tried to fiddle with it and it ended up just looking crap =\
well some like it - and some dont ... it will always be that way ... thats why there are skins and themes in the first place :o
as far as it concerns the LS theme, just wait for the dark color versions to be implemented!
regarding WB ... i doubt that there will be any new versions - at least its not on my TODO ... there are some more skins that play nicely with nonstep - i just reinstalled my system and aint got the time to put back all my skins yet but one i remember is AxiosWB - i even had nice black skins ... there will be a list of that in the full release of nonstep - just gotta remember to do that :D
the grphic errors u get - could u make a screenshot of that and tell me what version of WB you are using?
its 4.30.026 here and i got no errors so far =(
yeah the wb theme is buggy.
I might make dark versions of the windows style though. once the ls ones are done. im *** lazy. right now im putting a rainmeter in the vwm space.
the censor here is a nazi... lets see...
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
hehe, all different words
1. complaint of windowblinds theme being ugly and not being color ajustable.
2. declaration of lazyness and announcement of intent to put shiney things in vwm space. (now almost complete, need your help)
3. edited in observation of sensitivity of censor.
4. several tests of the censor's sensitivity.
5. notice stating that all were unique words.
I'm actually adjusted to the WB theme now that I've been using it for a few days - I do like the look of it.
I'll post a screenie up of the issues I'm having with the WB skin up a bit later, but about half the programs I use have a bright pink colour behind the File, Edit etc menu. Office 2003 programs are now all blue as well (they pull their colour info from windows)
However the major issue now is that somethings don't work particularily well with WB, it's not just related to this skin. Things like alert windows and search windows in firefox go fullscreen and I can't read the data available on them.
muhkuh, i need your help with this perfmon.
I know that these have probably been answered, but searching through this post served me no help.
a) how do I get all of my tasks to show up? With all of the programs that I constantly run... I only see 10, and I'm running 1600x1200. (code unedited as of yet for this.)
b) how can I make the taskbar buttons change color when it is updated...such as with instant messengers
c) there is a line about 5px tall between the taskbar and my maximized windows...
d) under the clock I can HARDLY read the date...hardly.
a)i use 1600x1200 and AFAIK it works fine for me...
b)it should do that, but i agree it doesnt. I'll restart into LS later and check it and point (a) as well. (using explorer right now because i was trying to get windows networking to fix itself...)
c)if you are using a windows or windowblinds visual style it can mess up the border size. i'll move the code for that into themevars and add instructions on what way to change it.
d)are the fonts installed? otherwise, squint. :P
as for (b) its a known bug ... the needed settings are inside theme.rc and i already talked to the dev of tasks on what to ... he stated that it maybe is caused by hooking tasks into a label - so if it will highlight when not hooked he might be able to fix this - didnt get a chance to test it yet tho ... my exams are eating up spare time
(a) i noticed that too sometime - but i hardly ever use more than 10 apps and its not limited by the code either [at least not for your resolution] but maybe it has to do with the hooking too
well, i thought about changing to xTaskbar anyway coz of these strange bugs and to realize this erlier mentioned bigger taskbar with optional text to display alongside with the task tiles ... so stay tuned for updates
expect some in about 2 weeks
i thought about changing to xTaskbar anyway coz of these strange bugs and to realize this erlier mentioned bigger taskbar with optional text to display alongside with the task tiles ... so stay tuned for updates
expect some in about 2 weeks
Excellent stuff ! :) - Eagerly awaiting the next update!
by tasks I meant the items in my system tray...I only see 10
is there anyway to fix that?
or a better question is probably where can I download the latest version of non|step?
Lasko, the buttons on the left, the < and > scroll the items in the system tray.
and u can right click em too
guess what they'll do
...
anyway this tasks module still does generate some trouble id like to fix
but first thanks to devilboi for fixing my ls.net account, horray!!!
ru: ãäå ìîæíî ñêà÷àòü ïîñëåäíþþ âåðñèþ nonstep?
eng: where possible download last version nonstep?
i just put the latest version here::
http://www.staff-sax.de/nonstep/nonstep%20II.lsz
no big changes yet - fading is faster now tho
and xprop is included - still buggy when using transparent mode
nobby is working on some rainmeter stuff ... but more on that when its done
PS: i forgot to take out the wallpaper - its nothing nonstep related - i just added a theme.ini to not being forced to switch wallpapers manually when i was working with another theme which changed it ... but there will be some nice wallpaper in the final theme ...
eemmmm ... im just curious ... is anyone else besides nobby having trouble with the way this theme loads rainlendar?
as for rainlendar stuff, im taking a break. I just got done with gcse exams, and now im working for the next few weeks to earm momney. I just dont have the time or will to continue for now. I'll pick it up in a few weeks, but for now, im sick of it. Hell, im even running in explorer right now.
http://winamp.com/skins/details.php?id=128353
Winamp 3/5 theme with mutliple colour schemes and other goodies.
allready posted. I also contacted the author about adding the color themes i made for the litestep version, and you should expect that within a month.
A guy by the name of ankle has joined our cause and ported the generic color theme to the latest version. he has also created a website and will be developing the theme as well
http://www.sinistrals.net/nonstep/
http://nonstep.sinistrals.net/ should resolve soon.
The wrong place to ask no doubt, but I can't seem to find help anywhere else :)
RE: The above Winamp3/5 skin that I've been using for awhile. How do I go about changing the promoted 'colour schemes' ? I remember doing it previously when first installing.. But cannot find any option relating to it now... a check of the contents of the skin only has the orange one in there?
calimera Ankle and welcome aboard!
Another suggestion!
Any chance of swapping out icondesk and replacing it with xlabel to display the icons on the desktop?.
There seems to be some limitations with icondesk, eg you can't drag icons around!, another weird one, is html links, their icon is that of IE, even though IE is not assosiacted with them, and when browsing the desktop through explorer they come up as firefox looking links, and when using xlabel for the desktop, they come up correctly as firefox looking links too.
I'm not sure if it's possible, but the funcionality I am looking for, is being able to drag stuff from the desktop, and hold it over things in the taskbar, that app then becomes active and you can drag it into it. I'm a big drag and drop fan :)
i already tried xlabel as desktop module - it wasnt working like it should so i skipped that ... u can drop things onto the desktop tho [should be active in the latest version - if not, tell me]
well, since xlabel has evolved somewhat i guess ill try again, but i doubt that u are able to drop something from the desktop on the taskbar with it ...
DaRKoN_ - since u have so many suggestions, what about some ideas for the sysBar - something useful gotta be in there some day :P
if you meant switching color themes, this can be changed from the preferences window.
for editing them, theres a file called gammagroups.xml that you have to edit.
DaRKoN_, muhKuh: The dragging onto the taskbar feature you mention is implemented in the latest version of xTaskbar :)
thx - so consider it done ...
DONE!
http://www.sinistrals.net/nonstep/files/LiteStep_NonStep-v3.0.2.lsz
Or does code need added for this feature?
Also, im adding grouping support and middleclick funtionality.
I love non step, its one of the best themes out there right now, altho I am having some issuse with the size of the font and readability. Is there a way to increase the space in between the chracters or change the font altogether
Nevermind Figured it out.
well, changing the font nearly means destroying the flavour of the theme ... as for the icons ... u can easily change that one in the themevars.rc
Definatly runs smoother than the previous version I had, but stuff's changed.
No more 'App' menu, which really kills my Quick Launch menu which I use a lot (since YzDock doesn't support subfolders) [and yeah, I know I can use right-click for this]. And the colour schemes are all gone. I used a grey theme which went perfectly with my WinXP theme and Kakashi desktop pict.
Any chance in getting the themes back? :(
the quicklaunch folder is inside the popup by default, so theres no urge to have it twice inside the theme - in case u changed ya popup - change it back
the colors will come back once its done - thats why the theme is posted just here and not in the themes section
btw [and that applies to everyone] u can post your color wishes here - with a pic or a hexValue of the desired color!
and guice, dont take it personal, but if u [as well as any other] have some real complaints - name em - and it might change, but "stuff's changed" for me is pretty equal to " "
in addition ... anyone could easily add their own color to the theme and send it in - ill post a lil howto later when i really finished to filter all unused graphics out :D ... Ankle's gerneric theme pointed me to some more graphical cadavers ...
im experiencing some errors with the xTaskbar - maybe someone could confirm that?
when i minimize an app vie the taskbar it sometimes [duno under which circumstances yet] stay highlighted and i cant maxmize it by clicking on the taskbar tile again :(
i hope its not only happening to me
there will be a new version for u saturday morning CET including the how to add colors tutorial
stay tuned
Muhkuh, when you do fish out all the scrap images, I'll add/change things.
i've modified the shuffle/repeat buttons to look less hideous, i did it about 3 releases ago and you've failed to put them in even one. (mostly my fault for not sending you them :) )
hmmmm, i think they really match and im quite used to em, but dont hesitate to send the new ones over, ill give em a shot
as promised, here it is::
http://www.sinistrals.net/nonstep/files/nonstep-v3.0.2.1.lsz
see the updated readme for changes
the updated winamp buttons are not included since i still got no mail fronm nobby =(
the tutorial on adding more color to nonstep will follow today
have fun!
the updated winamp buttons are not included since i still got no mail from nobby =(
now they are - nice work nobby!
ok, for anyone who might want to add new colors ...
. choose a color!
. do a copy of the orange folder inside the images folder
. rename it to the color you are thinking of
. change the graphics to match your color
. copy C:\LiteStep\themes\nonstep II\config\colors\orange.rc an rename it to your color.rc
. change all those color settings to suit your new version
. edit the popuptheme.rc to include a new line like this
*Popup "classic | yourcolor" !switchColor yourcolor
. recycle
. send it in!
good luck
DONT try to convert the night themes, im redoing them.
feel free to convert any of the classic/dark ones though, just leave a message here so they dont get done twice...
i just tried my own tutorial and as a result some more color settings got transfered to the color.rc belonging to each theme version
get the updated nonstep here
http://www.sinistrals.net/nonstep/files/nonstep-v3.0.2.2.lsz
and you will get this, too
http://www.sinistrals.net/nonstep/images/screens/darkStep.png
its just the inversion of orange - nothing special yet, as it only was a test ...
btw - no need to convert the xProp crosshair cos it adjusts itself again against the background
couldnt you put the xprop crosshair in nonstep/images/ then? saves it being redundantly copied...
then u gotta adjust the image folder for that and 168Byte are realy no big deal - u should yell at me because of this damn big blue version instead :D
Photoshop did a bad job there, but i only noticed that when uploading ... u might change that anyway ...
updates updates updates
nonstep got a new shiny homepage
http://nonstep.sinistrals.net/
and a new color
http://nonstep.sinistrals.net/files/LiteStep_NonStep-v3.0.4.lsz
+ some things
- some other things
stop showing me up! IM supposed to do more colors! :P
AND HE ALMOST DELIVERS FOR ONCE!
night|black has been remade with all new kewlness that you'll have to try to to discover...
...but i dont know how to work the damn site to upload it so i'll have to email it to muhkuh or ankle...
sorry... :(
i am using *NetLoadModule rainlendar-0.19.2 in my theme.rc but rainlendar is invisable on my desktop. i cant see it at all. it is available to me in my taskbar though as an icon so i know itts working. i know that it has to be enabled in some themes, but my theme (non|step) does not have that option. I set the rainlendar.ini to x-0, y-0 coordanites and still nothing. does anyone have anyideas that could help me? thank you
i am having the same prob, reainlender is in the taskbar but not visible
i got rainmeter to work fine, but rainlendar is just not working
strange that rainlendar is on the taskbar - it never was for me - my guess is that cos of u [oneunshamed] changed it to be netload, it doesnt find the skin folder anymore and so cant display anywhere!
That was the reason why i didnt use notload, maybe there is a setting which can tell rainlendar where the skin folders is - i gotta admit i never really searched for such a setting since everyone who used the omar installer has rainlendar sitting right where im loading it from ...
oneunshamed - what are you using rainmeter for?
can i have a screenshot? cos rainmeter is definitely on my todo list ... im just searching for a nice way to do it ...
w00t my account works agian, thanks DeVilbOi.
v3.0.5 is up...Again. Hopefully no mistakes this time. :P
http://nonstep.sinistrals.net/
I don't use/have rainlendar so I cannot comment on the issues relating to it. If anyone here has a Windows box thats
not XP/2k: I'd appreciate comments on how the theme works or doesn't work in this case I believe.
yeah it was funky, but with some help from 143lsstep i got it to work by copying the rainlendar.rc from the defualt litestep theme and pasting it in non|step's config folder. i made a new folder in there as well named rainlender whcih holds all of the themes. Then i went to my theme.rc and in place of the rainlendar line that already exists i put,
if ShowRainlendar
LoadModule "$ModulesDir$rainlendar-0.19.2.dll"
include "$ConfigDir$rainlendar.rc"
after doing that i could shift+click and enable/disable rainlendar
now as far what i am using rainmeter for, it just tells me my cpu, memory, and swap usage. What i would like to see for nonstep is a rainmeter them that does this and also says the weather. (i have seen some rainmeter skins that do this).
here is a screenshot of my current desktop
http://www.bigredadvertising.com/desktop.jpg
here is a desktop of someone using there own version of non|step. notice in the bottom right rainmeter looks awesome... this guy to my knowladge has not released these skins. in this shot i have also never seen that winamp skin. i would love to have it
http://www.customize.org/view/29055
a nice rainlendar skin for nonstep would be rad too
yeah i know - i already rebuild these bars [
http://www.litestep.net/upload/profiles/nonstepII_48370-688.png ] with samurize [these are samurize too] but cant really find a way to recreate em with rainmeter since they are no normal but intelligent bars which display context sensitively 100% for 96k [dsl], 500k [wlan] and 100MBit ... if somebody knows how to do that on rainmeter, that would be really awesome!
btw - ill try to include that rainlendar.rc by default
the skin is on the todo-list
something like r-calendar but slightly bigger ó.Ò
what would you think about doing the bars like in my second pic with samurize that showed "cpu, mem, swap, internet up and down" or whatever usefull stats and then for rainmeter doing a news grabber/weather condition grabber like in
http://www.customize.org/details/34568
(the above example does not include weather)
is samurize available as a litestep module?
nope and its kinda unreliable thats why i started using lsmail and why ill switch over to rainlendar as well - as samurize is also quite a resource hug and userunfriendly to configure ... stay tuned the bars should be ready tomorrow when everything works like i think it should do ...
for all of you who want weather info to display - u could suggest some nice graphics/icon set for that
ill take a look on the icon set for ya ;)
well... i looked for a while and the best i could find were the first 3 options in this site
http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/trivia/weather-icons.html
anyone find any better?
when icons are enabled, the internet explorer icon is always shown, ive tried a couple of things but either it wont delete or the icon will not change. Is there a way to edit a config file to tell it not load that icon
here is a pic of a rainlendar skin i made, its kind of generic but if you like it let me know and ill give it to whoever to post it
http://img70.photobucket.com/albums/v40/oneunshamed/deskskin.jpg
oneunshamed nice work there on the icons
mrpotatohead - to delete IE from the desktop, turn off special icons!
BUT ... if u want the other ones like my computer to stay use this::
*IconDesknonHide Internet?Explorer
thank you so much for your help
no problem
the bars are nearly finished - the math part is a bit tricky :/
lol, take your time.
(off subject): if i wanted to add a "seconds" counter visible on the non|step main clock, how would i go about doing that?
u would add :ss to the timeLabelText in top or bottom.rc but it looks ugly as hell :o
any way you can turn the 34 hour clock to a 12h clock?
nope. but you could turn the 24 hour clock into a 12 hour clock.
you know what I ment.. anti-typo whore
thanks, how would i make the "seconds" text smaller than the rest of the text?
as in this clock
http://www.customize.org/view/29055
dssurge all you have to do to change it is right click the clock and chose
with dificulty. to make it fit you'd need to find the code for the clock label's size, and reduce it. then check the docs for the syntax for time formatting.
DSSurge - deuce aint a typo whore - he was just trying to tell u that sometimes a normal user would be curious what a right click could do on an object like the time label ó.Ò
and the second thing he was trying to tell u is: "Think before you write or ask silly questions that are so obvious!"
oneunshamed - ill see tomorrow if it looks ok and then it may be in the next release as an option for the clock
the bars are ready except for the context sensitive part i wanted and there is a bug in xLabel / rainmeter which spoils all the fun right now - lets see
sounds good muhKuh
man Nobby id say... i have no idea how to do this. Has anyone seen any documentation? i checked online a few places... and nothing
its right on your HD - check $LiteStepDir$modules\docs :P
well, sorry for being so dumb. i looked in there too and it seems like its a lost cause. lol i just wish the guy that did it could give a little input, i dont think its ugly the way he has it. If somone could make it more clear id love to hear it. Am i uptight for wanting to be so precise?
I've made a significant update with several color themes and a few tweaks. I'll send it to be uploaded ASAP
that asap gotta be delayed ... there are some graphical errors that gotta be fixed first ... nobby u really test your themes?
test... teeest? whats that? :p
Your update is not there when you go to download.
I figured it out. "LiteStep_NonStep-v3.0.6.lsz" should be "LiteStep_NonStep_v3.0.6.lsz".
I love you guys, loving the new taskbar style!!!
fantastic update everything i have wanted is now in this release and i assume this will only get better
the download link has been fixed - sorry :(
hey everyone, i finally got my clock to work the way i want. here is a pic
http://img70.photobucket.com/albums/v40/oneunshamed/desktopclock.jpg. If anyone is interested ill post the code and say what i did.
:)
its working here too, but since standard 07_53 aint a fixed width font its still looking kinda ugly ... thats why its not in 3.0.6 ... so id only like to know what font u used?
btw there is a new systray module which supports those lil speech bubble tool tips ... and icon tinting which really works - not like the VTray currently active in the theme - as soon as it supports icon scrolling and lsBoxHook it might be included
white colour scheme is finished ..
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~troggan/garl_shot0034.png
download here:
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~troggan/blah.rar
i know its very simple.. but i like it
uhm ... keep up the great work :)
wow, i absolutely love that winamp...link?
garland send it over and ill upload it to nonstep.sinistrals.net
in the next version - the lower resolutions will be fixed and anything lower 1024x768 will be disabled ... if there is really someone out there who bothers - raise your hand :o
http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~troggan/nonstep_knd.wsz
its just a modified nonstep winamp skin. oh.. and its just the playlist and main window ..
!! that winamp skin rocks my face off! grr... how could i go about getting one in the "generic" blue look? i know nothing about skinning for winamp... i just know it has been something i have wanted for a while.
muhkuh the font i used was "hooge 05_55 cyr2"
freewebs.com/tflogic/Nonstepblue.wsz
hope someone can host it >
I just finished a color scheme. I need somewhere to upload it or an email to send it to.
hmm... not quite the defualt colors amlogic. Though a closer step to what i would like to see. I might have to do this one myself. i would like to ultimatly see available the generic one that guizmo made... but the poor man died or something.
mrpotatohead - click on my name to the left or look at the buttom of the nonstep docs
oneunshamed- im kinda interested is to how you got the seconds smaller, if it wouldnt be to much to ask maybe I can get a little sample of how you did it
dont worry ... it will be in the next release ...
lol, trust me my method is far inferior to any other method available. Not really worth the effort. That is unless muhkuh's version backfires somehow ;) j/k
muhKuh, In the pic of your desktop (in your profile) that icons are you using there?!
anything you need to send can go to nobby@xzxzzx.com
I have no limit to filesize within the limits of the hdd on the server or my sanity when downloading from it...
Also, color variations like night, or alterations to vanilla cna be done via "actions" in photoshop.
For creating color variations, i make an action in which i create a levels ajustment layer (which i use to make the color changes) then flatten visible layers and save to a new folder.
then stop recording the action and go to the file menu anc choose to do a batch job. select the action you just made, and the vanilla theme folder to work from, and a new folder to save to. It will then do 15-30 minutes work coloring in mspaint/photoshop in 1 or 2.
:)
I am new to litestep, but I really like the concepts. I am using Non-Step and reall like. I was wondering if anyone knows how to change the AMP button to either control iTunes or just remove its winamp functionality and have it just load iTunes in a similar fashion to the TXT button and notepad.
Thanks
AFIAK, itunes cant be controlled in this way. why dont you try winamp5, QCD player or foobar to see if you want to use them instead (all 3 use the same control system)
is the nonstep site down? its doing some funky stuff
[edit] apparently it is ok, i must have a messed up link
Since I seem to be sleeping whenever Nobby tries to contact me, send the winamp theme and others to
ankle{_AT_}sinistrals{_DOT_}net and I'll try to get them up asap.
There is a bunch of modified versions of the winamp classic skin and some changes from Non|Step X we want to add to the theme but I'm waiting on a reply from the creator as they don't appear to be avaiable for download anywhere.
iTunes support is quite unlikely but proper foobar support should be added in the future.
spambots arent going to eat your mother, just put your address in normally...
It's a habit, what can I say? I prefer to keep my nice new spamless email, spamless.
so whens the next release coming out
Soon™, just want to kill the fonts not installing issue , get foobar to work with it and add the dark Non|Step X theme.
Fixed the winamp time display with the minus disapearing when switching between time remaining/past and the minus remaining after closing winamp. Added the two themes(vanilla/white) by garland.
Winamp skins by Guizmo(Green and a updated Orange) and Garland(white) added to the site.
heck ya on the winamp skins guys! was it hard getting guizmo to finally fork those over? I only seem to be having one minor problem with it (this may just be a litestep issue). I have dual monitors that are running at the same res. and for some reason on my main monitor things are slightly magnified causing a few of the fonts to look bigger than they should ect. Using these nonstep winamp skins the information scroller text doesnt seem to fit in the border. Is there a way to make this smaller? i havent seen the option in the winamp 5 preferences for this, only the playlist text. Has anyone heard of the magnify thing or how to fix it if they have? thanks
could u give us a screenshot of these glitches?
Just a note to say I'm on vacation in the states with no litestep, nonstep or even cable internet. gAyOheL internet is yuk
Im having problems with the winamp skins as well. The fonts inside the playlist look a little enlarged. They look nothing like the fonts in Nobby Nobbs's desktop pic. Does any body know of any fixes to maybe name the font you want to use within winamp or another fix?
mrpotatohead - Just change the 'playlist font size' to 8 in Winamp preferences.
ok, here is a screen of the glitches (though it isnt very clear), like i said the left monitor slightly magnifies everything as compared to the right. I have no idea why. I would be content with just decreasing the scrolling winamp text
(this is probly best viewed if opened in an image editing app and magnified)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/oneunshamed/deskzoom.jpg
there is nothing to view when u compress your image that much :(
lol it was at 1280, i wanted to be nice to the 56kers. let me go ahead and fix it.
again thank you for your help, still waitn for the next release :)
ok, before i took the new screen shot i opened a folder window and made half of it visible on the right monitor and the other half visible on the left, took a screen grab of it and looked at it in fireworks. There was no visible distortion as is seen while looking at the monitors. This does not happen in the windows xp shell, also I no longer think that this error is confined to nonstep because it also happens in the default litestep theme "Austerity".
strange indeed, its just one of those "litestep" things to put on the list i guess
does anyone just know how to resize the scrolling "current file" info text in winamp?
i took a screen of my winamp skin and set it next to a picture of guizmos so you can see what im talking about. (using the other fonts as a guide you can se that these both are at the same res.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/oneunshamed/winamp.jpg
well guys, none of it matters anymore. I have realized that computers arnt for me because of the way they suck me in. I have been neglecting my God, my girlfriend, and myself. I realized that this and every GUI project or computer represents digital escape that i cant "really" live in. Im not crazy by any means, only moving on to a higher level of enlightenment if you will. This was a difficult but rewarding choice. Think about what you are reading right now the next time you post in a forum or try to tweak something to your specific perfection. At the right moment, it will come back... and it will make sense.
Dude... put the bong down :) - Not sure wether you were actually being serious or not? :)
whether he has a bong or not, I don't know, but he's surely smokin' something.
so whats goin here with the next release
... still waiting for my laptop to come home again [its in repairs] ...
Hey Muhkuh what happend to the Dark blue winamp theme on the nonstep website? I tried looking for it but i can't find it. :( Good Job on the theme though i think it'd be better for a default theme install but it's usablity just rocks.
hmmm - the download link is broken - i see ... but i cant fix it from here ... try to contact ankle
and btw - thanks
quick question, my monitor cant do a bigger resolution then 1024x768 so some of the amp, vol, sys info gets cut off, how do i shrink that "winamp is off" part of the taskbar a bit?
dont worry - thats already been taken care of - probably next week there will be a next release
now that my laptop is in repairs im stuck with a 1024 tft here too and ... well ... its doing fine now in this resolution :D
just gotta take a look at 1152 and 1280 as soon as i get the chance - btw nonstep will not work for any resolution lower than 1024 coz when u ask me: anyone whos working with low resolutions should use something like Blackbox+ that doesnt eat up this much screen space ... nonstep just seems so big at 800x600 thats its no fun to use it anymore ó.Ò
@acme if you just cant wait and want to fix it on youe own - dig into top or bottom.rc where u will have to change the width of all the bars like ampBar and cmdBar - then u gotta change the positioning of the ampSongLabel as well as its width and o let the rest fit your adjustments u gotta alter the titleBar as well as the taskBox ... or you just wait some more days :P
uh..i think i can wait :p
uuuh - garland the vanilla version is down ... can anyone send me a copy?
does anybody have a opera skin that matches orange nonstep?
I saw that version 3.0.7 is complete on the history section of
http://nonstep.sinistrals.net. However, there is no link to download it? Has it been released at this point?
V.
its undergoing some final tests ... u know when it works on my box, it doesnt imply it works for you, too :(
guess it will be available for DL today or tomorrow
hit F5 again this evening - maybe theres a new download waiting for you :P
new xLabel and rainmeter 0.12 have been released - after they are in there will be a new version ...
done - hope there are no further errors
otherwise yell at me :P
does anybody have a red version?
@fop1 - sorry theres no red version yet, but ya welcome to create one yourself, its not that hard :D
since i got the newest version of nonstep (3.?)ive noticed some windows dissapear from the taskbar, like if i have aim and mirc open, sudden;y the aim taskbar thing will dissapear, and all i see is mirc, and i gotta press alt+tab just to see it. Is this a bug in xtaskbar?
i think taskbar grouping is on in this last release, try switching it off :o
CPU Usage is always -1%, help?
did u play with your swap file lately?
This way i gor this problem once, too :o
That's a windows problem ... the internal meter which is used by the midules is down ... there are some threads in the general section - maybe one of them will help you fix your problem - good luck :)
muhkuh- on your desktop screen shot on the bottom right hand corner there is some graphics that look like an equalyzer of some sort, it looks like it might be used for rainmeter or some something. Could you enlighten me to what it is?
u guessed right but its from samurize ... i dont knoe of any ls module that can do that - otherwise it would already be in this theme :D
its not taskgrouping, im saying the bar for whatever program just dissapears, as if the window was closed, but if i hit alt tab, or minimize the window on top, there it is...what can be wrong?
well, i had this kind of problem
http://ls-universe.info/forum_viewtopic.php?2.530 ... u may try to update to xTaskbar 1.0.2 and see if this corrects the problem ... otherwise tell andymon about this, must be an xTaskbar problem as far as i understand u
I am having the same problem :(
A recycle brings them all back, but it sure is annoying :(
Have two problems with Non|Step:
LsMail doesent show. Know ehere it resides, and can bring up the pop-up menu (partly) but it will not show itself, and when i do a recycle with LsMail active i get a module error and must reset to the standard theme and then back to non|step.
Any idea.
> [muhKuh 04.08.14 @ 06:44] done - hope there are no further errors otherwise yell at me :P
I just wanted to say thank you. non¦step gets better and better.
I am kinda familiar to samurize, well I know what it is. Is there anyway you could give me a link or any of your knowledge to get a similar effect to what you have on your desktop? And what exactly it is meaesuring for you?
@ einride - LSMail has to be configured, check your themevars file and you will see ;; LSMail.section and fill out the details. Ideally, you want to create a config file in your personal folder that it is trying to include with your mail settings so that you don't have to re enter them everytime you install a new version of litestep.
If you also look at your theme.rc file there is some more settings for LSmail, like setting location if you only have one email account etc.
I just did a clean install with XP and SP2 and LiteStep with Non|Step seems to be loading/recycling incredably slow. I'm going to check the modules and see which one is causing it as the default theme doesn't have any problems. Anyone else experiancing this with SP2? Or strange font issues with the F in nonstep.ttf being garbled?
> [muhKuh 04.08.18 @ 04:41] well, i had this kind of problem... u may try to update to xTaskbar 1.0.2 and see if this corrects the problem ...
It seems it did the trick for me. No more problems with xTaskbar 1.0.2 so far.
V.
Seems to be lssliderfoo, not sure why its doing it. Doesn't seem to be affecting other installs of sp2. :|
[Project]
FileVersion=v1.50
OffsetX=1290
OffsetY=990
Width=80
Height=30
Interval=50
PauseKey=
ReloadKey=
ToggleTrayIconKey=
EditConfigKey=
ToggleVisibilityKey=
OnTopKey=
NormalWindowKey=
PinKey=
LockedKey=
DesignedKey=
ClickThruKey=
SnapKey=
ExitKey=
SnapClientKey=
LoadMBMStarter=0
ShowTrayIcon=0
TrayIcon=D:\Program Files\Samurize\Icons\SamurizeIcons_1\Samurize_3.ico
ChangeCursorOverLink=0
[Source 0]
Type=TActiveDLLCollector
DLLName=SpectrumVis.dll
DLLFunction=SpectrumBand
Param0=70
[Output 0]
Type=TPluginOutput
DLLName=SpectrumVis.dll
Left=1290
Top=990
Right=1370
Bottom=1020
spectrum_color=4292643895
spectrum_top_color=4294956032
spectrum_display=0
spectrum_alphafalloff=0.1
thats my amp ini for samurize ... for anyone interested, be sure to adjust the coordinates if your resolution is
that should read "... if your resolution is below 1400 ..." - lol there is no way to get a left arrow displayed here :D
btw - nonstep got a new shiny url -
http://nonstep.litestep.com/
Still having issues with the taskbar. I tried to update to ver 1.02 of xtaskbar, so i changed the config to reflect the new version, and recycled, and I get an error with the auto downloader, it's like "file downloaded but is currupt" or something along those lines =\
the new version is 1.0.2 - this last version number resulted from some bad module upload by andymon :P
i have a question. perhaps you geniouses could help me. i just updated from nonstep II 3.0.6 to 3.0.7. and within moments of using the newer theme, i discovered that everytime i click the desktop with any mouse button (even the back, forward buttons on the micorsoft intellimouse) the taskbar, xprop window, and the rainmeter disappear [also the rainmeter will disappear except for the bar inside that actually gauges the speeds, it remains, while everything else disappears], at the same time the icons appear (if i have them set to show), if i click the desktop again, the icons disappear and the taskbar, xprop and rainmeter reappear. this is quit puzzling and rather irritating, i cant seem to find any kind of command in any popup, jdesk, or xtaskbar configs. i talked to ankle already who couldn't reproduce these strange results. i sent ankle my themevars and scriptvars and still couldn't reproduce, perhaps another config is involved, maybe a certain mod? any idea as to what may cause this? and how to fix. thank you.
if the old version didnt produce these errors then try reverting to the old module versions ... u may also deactivate some modules untill you find out which mudule is causing the bug - good luck :o
Ok, this is stressing me out, where the heck can I get the 1.0.2 version of X-taskbar? The auto-downloaded version is still reporting being corrupt =\
Ahhh nevermind, I found:
http://www.ls-universe.info
Version 1.0.3 has been released.. works fine, (however still wouldn't download properly, had to do it manually)
you may try adding ls-universe to nlm's download list ... im not at home right now, but the forum will surely show you the right command after u did ask the right question :D
Nice,
I'm using a wallpaper called New-Crush:
http://www.customize.org/details/34137
hmmmm ... u could have done better on compressing those images - some are looking like an artefact desert :(
54 downloads in 1.5 days :D ... and the docs still lack some feature explainations ... we should do something about this :o
/me yelling for Nobby :o
Thats not from the compression, thats the colourize. I saved as 400kb pngs the first time and it looked exactly the same.
wow 1/2 half a year old thread. wen is it gona die?
i spent 1 hour reading this thx :)
It's even more fun on 56k trying to view the thread :P
Don't suppose you have a psd of the orginal muhkuh? I might be able to redo them from the very orginal without artifacts. The olive one you sent has them too, it's just not very noticable with it's colours. Look close in photoshop.
well, i never did :o
the original is from Florian Freudt
http://www.freundt.org/florian/ very nice stuff!
wow 1/2 half a year old thread. wen is it gona die?
hope it never does :D
and the 242 DLs over at DeviantART tell me the there obviously are two or even three peeps out there who somewhat like this theme :P
lol - even 5 more as i was writing this ...
300 posts thats a record i think
ive been having issuse when i am boot windows, litestep doesnt seem to load all the parts of the interface in nonstep, altho a simple recycle will fix the problem i would like to know of any ideas people have, heres a pic of what im talking about
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~peace1/desktop_8_25_bad.jpg
do u have the latest version of LS? where the loading screen bug has been fixed? ... that caused this kind of issue before!
the latest LS is 24.7 RC 3
besides the color i really like your rainlendar skin and the wallpaper - u think you could send it to me?
yea ill box it up and itll be in your inbox today some time, thank you for your help too
did you get my email with the wallie in it, also I have installed rc3 now and the previous problem is fixed but now shift L-click doesnt seem to function
didnt get any mail yet :(
try executing !PopupTheme and check your personal.rc for
*jDeskMButton1 [SHIFT;!none;!PopupTheme;!none] ;SHIFT-left-click popup menu
the new LS version doesnt touch that tho [assuming u DLed the zip and just replaced everything inside $LiteStepDir$]
you may try swithing back to the previous version again ...
anychance you could tell me where you got the wallpaper from mrpotatohead? i found it on deviantart, but its not the same one. thankx :p
muhkuh-is see that line of code in personal rc and I also tried installing the previous rc1 and rc2 and the same thing happens no left click. I mgonna resemd the email to you too today
xbiox-the oirginal is from deviantart by I beliveve, instrukt, I then did some further editting in photoshop to fit my style
mrpotatohead - plz use this mail address muhKuh@staff-sax.de ... i guess the other account is going nuts again ...
wallie is sent, also I figured out the problem, well I located the file that is doin it. Somewhere in my Popup.rc file itsnot letting a shift left click happen. Im slowly goin thru to check what I did wrong in it to make this happen. May be you could look at it for me.
u may try to get me via icq or msn ...
I was wondering how the newest version was coming along. I saw on nonstep.litestep.com that there is no target for the release date, but I was wondering if there is any info yet as of what the newest release will contain.
V. (being curious today)
harhar - somebody digging up the old record length post - i realize its about fucking time to release some new version since more than one year passed since the last post :o
I was going to do a news update to the nonstep site, but my account for its ftp got lost and the admin of that box aint replying to my mails :/ so im kinda stuck there ...
currently we (or better cooldown) are converting the 1529 of already coded mzscript lines to lsLua, coz mzscript just doesnt cut it anymore - harhar - yeah u read correct, nonstep will basically look the same as the last version since theres nothing wrong with its looks in my eyes, but under the hood its going to be a friggin moster :]
It already is, but i dont want to leak infos and rather let the whole thing rock as hell, once its done!
If there some c++ coders out there - please report in if u like to mod some modules to match nonsteps needs ... there even is one secifically written for nonstep and it shall not be the last until release o.O
to all of nonsteps fan
please be patient a lil longer
it WILL be worth it
Good to hear muhKuh, looking forward to a theme as well-made as nonstep taking advantage of lua. I bet that's the theme that finally gets me to learn how to use it :P
Looking forward to it, too. I'm still waiting for a theme that actually shows the speed of lua vs mzscript that I keep hearing about.
well, for what i can tell its not the speed of any of those scripts that tear you down, it rather is the reaction of other modules and i bet the internal calls inside the core ... but then again im no expert on this one and can just tell what i noticed while coding this and that. In my eyes - and thats why we switch to lua - the actual speed advantage will be the capability of giving me other modules functionality with internal stuff like timers which i kinda use heavily already and let me tell u - lsTimer just sucks big time when it comes to complex tasks, no clue if its the fault of the module author or some glitches in the core, but its just not reliable.
Thats it for today - nice to see theres still life in here :]
wow, i have been really out of the loop for a while... i have been using N|S for like... ever, and i have constantly been wondering what the hell happened to it, and why nobody has made more matching trillian/winamp/WB/etc skins for it... if i knew how to make any of those, i would take the time to do so.. i got my little kick in the pants tonight from getting the google desktop bar thing, and it pisses me off because it overlaps jdeskSetWorkArea settings, and i hate that...
so, yehaw.. im glad to see im not the only one wanting updates and whatnot.
Ok, so I must say that this is one of the cleanest and most functional themes I've ever seen for any shell. Big props to the coders!
Longest.
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For some reason I can't seem to change the width of the ampTimeLabel. I'd like to shrink it by 1 pixel on either side, but all I can do is change its x coordinate; any change in width has no effect at all. I'm guessing that there's something painfully obvious that I'm overlooking, but I'm pretty much baffled right now.
hmmmm, the old version didnt build the taskbar dinamically so the ampTimeLabelWidth var should be in plain sight - the only thing u might be doing wrong is having the bar on top and fiddling with bottom.rc, that would explain why your changes dont seem to affect the theme, other than that i dont have a clue :o
paste your config file here [http://www.rafb.net/paste/] and post the url here so i can get a look at your file ...
I agree with skewter, best theme i have seen. I even made my own color theme for it.
http://cxite.com/nonstep.png
nice one :o
could u send me the wallpaper? [hope its 1600res]
sup with the meter bar background - why is it black instead of transparent? and why aint the vwm selector some transparent png?
Meter bar background isn't really black, it just haven't refreshed itself and the background is just from the last wallpaper i had, it changes every 10th minute. And about vwm selector, i didn't really even think about using transparency
there though the black bothered me little bit, thanks.
ps. you can get the wallpaper from
http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?331
the high quality wallpapers costs something, but you can get the low quality ones for free. (you can't really see the difference between hi and low). there's 1600 res version too.
> (you can't really see the difference between hi and low)
oh yes, u can on a tft especially when u use the inverted version of that wallpaper, but the quality is still ok
thx
