This is a theme from early 99 by LenIx, still it for sure is one of the best themes ever done. I've tried to get in contact with the man who made it for almost 2 years but without success.

My goal is to make a new theme (not to steal the honor! Just to make it work with newer builds and make it easier to setup, I think more than me find this theme awsome) but I need help with some things, if you help me I'll add you to the credits.

This is what it looks at for now: nix-step.com/litestep/desktop.jpg

This is what it was ment to look like (ss from LenIx, the creator): nix-step.com/litestep/should2.jpg

I am doing what I can in order to make it work with the new builds and add what I can to it. I have managed to get all the modules needed and removed those who no longer worked, so the theme works. I however have some glitches I would need some help to fix.

The entire theme (my Litestep folder) can be downloaded here: nix-step.com/litestep/LiteStep.zip

My RC file can be found here: nix-step.com/litestep/step.rc

Ok, now on to what I need help to do:

1) Done, thanks Mr.White!

2) This I am not sure it can be done, the menues on the right you see, when I click them they popup, but they also go down, like a button. I don't want them to.

3) Done, thanks Smurth!

4) Done, thanks Mr.White!

5) Almost done, thanks Mr.White! When I switch desktops all max sized windows will follow, can it be fixed?

6) Done, thanks sryo!

7) How do I make so that the window folders background is transparent?

8) Done, thanks Smurth

This is the first time I try to make/mod a LiteStep theme (thought I'd give it a try now that my new monitor can "use" the theme) so some my questions might be basic, and some things can maybe not be done.

Thanks for your time! If you know LenIx or how to get in contact with him, please tell me!

You can reach me at:
Icq 5197898
Mail: Theodor.Pramer@nix-step.com

Edited for goodness:

1) I was wrong on the first post. Those are the tasks, not systray...what was I thinkin? I assume that lstaskman doesnt need tasks.dll, so delete this from the step.rc

2) Never messed with wharfs.

3) All I can say is make sure you have these and they arent commented out:

4) !Shutdown

5) Try this. Adjust to fit:


6) Yeah, it's called a systray. Read up on it.

7) No clue. Probably a different program, not a module.

8) Change the VWMSelBackColor to something lighter or darker then it is now.


Hope this helps a little more....

I guess everything is possible to do. But there's too much stuff to study in order to give you clues. I don't have time to download and try a theme, and wrote 4 pages of "do this, do that..."
I think you have a lot of help files to read and you'll find most answers to your questions.

6) I belive he's refering to the systray.

Smurth, I am also sure there are lots of docs around that can help me. However I am quite new to LiteStep, this is the first thing I try and I thought that there might be some people that maybe could save me some time.So I am not asking someone to wave with the magic wand and spend 8 hours to solve my problems. If anyone know things as what to read to learn what, which module to use to achive this/that, what to change to what it would be a great help to me!

Thanks Mr. White, that is it Mear|in :)

Mr. White, you have saved me lots of work :) I can't thank you enough!

1) Tried to edit these lines in many ways, even tried to remove it but nothing changed after I removed it so I doubt that is it.

3) Not sure how to be more specific. I got all the modules needed so it should be just as in the ss but as you see in the ss named desktop.jpg and should.jpg it doesn't. I don't know how come.

7) I don't want to make litestep modules transparent, I want the background of all folders to be semitransparent. After reading the readme I don't think LSTransparent can do that :(

8) No matter what color I set for the VWMSelBackColor, nothing happens. I tried to edit the other VWM values and that worked. Seems quite odd. :(

Read the first post again, i edited it a little.

1) Solved now :)

3) They do look better, but not as they should. Look at http://www.nix-step.com/litestep/ss2.jpg and http://www.nix-step.com/litestep/should2.jpg

There is a white border/frame, how do I get rid of it?

It used to be:


And I changed it to what you said, but still it is not as it should.

5) That tip did it, almost. Except for one thing I am happy, when I have a window maxed and shift desktop that maxed window will follow to the new desktop. Is there a keycommand to switch desktop btw? Also, some menues appears at all desktops, photoshop menues and seach menues. It's not really a big problem but if there is a solution it would be great.

8) All the colors are different but it is the same code, this you can see on the two ss as well. No clue to why.

Once again, thanks for all the help :)

I have an ugly white fram around all of my menues, I have no idea what it is doing there.

This is the code from my step.rc

Means that your popup is wider than the image. Also a lot of your settings are no longer valid as of December of 2001 or so.

this theme looks SO old skool it's not even funny.

You sure DeViLbOi? Did a typo before, but now I can change the size. Made it 1 bigger than the image, that way I lost the left white bar. White on top/bottom/right still tho :( Doesn't matter if I make it larger.

You have a redondant entry: PopupNoBevel. I guess the first one should be "PopupNoMenuBevel" and you should remove the ";" before the second one...

Working now, thanks a bunch smurth! :)

WOW, I remember when that theme was rolling around

So do I ;) But then my monitor could only go to 1024x768

Got most to work, but VWM (as I like it to).
This is what the code for my VWM looks like:



Still I can't see which desktop I am using, and the active windows are white. The border is the same color as the background, am I using wrong commands?

I want the background (non selected for desktops) to be transparent, and I want to pick the colour of the active windows (not white) and the active desktop should be semitransparent.

I guess you should use a VWM that deal with transparency...
but I don't know how Wharf will react

Just did that, it works great now smurth :)