From scratch Thread last updated on 2004-03-24 04:52:52

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-10 19:39:11

Since I'm a newguy (not again :) ) Here's my question...
I know I should be reading a lot of posts, but since there are more then 1400 this could take a while... And since some people are in here already a long time, you probably know very quickly what I need...
I want to use Litestep to free up resources and have a nice interface at the same time... I'm an architect (still studying, but hope to graduate) and when rendering I need my resources... I end-task all the possible programs, but I don't like to do that with explorer... So a lighter shell is a good solution...
Is it possible to start 'from scratch' or as close as possible? Is there a tutorial on this? Is there already a theme that is pure minimum? What are the best articles to read to modify or create such a theme I'm looking for? Or is explorer already a minimum resources shell and is Litestep absolutely not a good option?

Thx for your time...

Posted by member 1 on 2004-03-10 21:07:54 link

There are a couple VERY basic themes out there for this, one even designed for a server enviornment. On my machine I am running Xhenit currently and it holds around 6M of memory after running for about a day, normally starts a little higher. Explorer on the other hand normally holds about 21M of memory.

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-10 21:11:31 link

Thx... Will look for that one... :)

Posted by member 7223 on 2004-03-12 00:57:26 link

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; litestep environment config
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

otsmajorversion 2
otsminorversion 0

themename "UltraMini"
themeauthor "Smurth"

configdir "$themedir$config\\"

lsimagefolder "$themedir$images\\"

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; modules
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*netloadmodule jdesk-0.73
*netloadmodule systray2-2.0.4
*netloadmodule lsxcommand-1.8.5
*netloadmodule popup2-2.1.6



commandx -160
systrayautosize


Should be sufficient to start :)

Posted by member 1 on 2004-03-12 01:40:14 link

actually...you can prolly trim that up even more because you don't need to define a ConfigDir you don't use, nor an ImageFolder that you have no need for.

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-12 03:06:17 link

Well, thx for the answers... I fugered I should trim the modules down... And shorten all as much as possible, but thanks for making it easy for me :)

Posted by member 7223 on 2004-03-13 02:48:32 link

@DeViLbOi: This is a sample to begin with. Not a minimalist project. I guess these two lines won't change anything on the theme's weight:)

Posted by member 1 on 2004-03-13 03:04:19 link

all they will do is confuse the newb

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-13 07:09:00 link

Don't think you'll confuse me... You'l probably will, but that will only push me to really examin what it's going about... Any input is welcome... and if I don't understand, I'll just ask :)

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-13 07:15:24 link

the lines with ; won't be read... So if the theme is really just for me, it's not necessary...
otsmajorversion 2 } These two I don't know
otsminorversion 0 } what they do..

Next is info litestep will display if choosing to change theme I guess...
Next two is to define configdir and lsimagefolder, so configuration folder and image folder...
again the ;

Then modules that are told to be loaded...
This one is fuzzy to me.: commandx -160
and autosize explains itself... :)

Am I right about that until now?
Just tell me If I have to look up the information myself... Won't do any harm...

Posted by member 103254 on 2004-03-13 08:43:58 link

litestep\modules\docs folder will help you

o-t-s.sourceforge.net and http://www.resisualvisuals.com sould help you too.

CommandX changes the X position of the lsxcommand commandbox.

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-13 13:33:43 link

Thx Funkyd00d... Will have a look there...

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-14 03:39:41 link

Thank you very much for the link funkyd00d...
o-t-s.sourceforge.net Was really helpfull until now... Haven't even started with the other one...

Posted by member 7223 on 2004-03-24 00:53:00 link

I've just discover that slash aren't display :(
What escape code should I use instead of slash ?

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-24 01:44:49 link

Is this still about the topic I started or to someone else? Because I'm not really following what you are saying...

Posted by member 7223 on 2004-03-24 03:26:44 link

I just say that stuff like
configdir "$themedir$config"

need a backslash after "config" but I can't make it display in the post

Posted by member 95639 on 2004-03-24 04:52:52 link

Ah... No Prob... Found that out already... :)