Re: [e-users] Change theme from command line

[Christopher M. <cpm...@co...>]

Yup, you are missing 'config' in the middle:

eet -d e.cfg config e.src

dh

On 01/01/2011 10:25 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
> Hrm. eet -d is throwing me the syntax like I am doing something wrong. Any
> ideas what I am missing here?
>
> jeff@sager-bodhi:~$ eet -d /home/jeff.e/e/config/Bodhi/e.cfg e.src
> Usage:
>    eet -l FILE.EET                     list all keys in FILE.EET
>    eet -x FILE.EET KEY OUT-FILE [CRYPTO_KEY]          extract data stored in
> KEY in FILE.EET and write to OUT-FILE
>    eet -d FILE.EET KEY OUT-FILE [CRYPTO_KEY]          extract and decode data
> stored in KEY in FILE.EET and write to OUT-FILE
>    eet -i FILE.EET KEY IN-FILE COMPRESS [CRYPTO_KEY]  insert data to KEY in
> FILE.EET from IN-FILE and if COMPRESS is 1, compress it
>    eet -e FILE.EET KEY IN-FILE COMPRESS [CRYPTO_KEY]  insert and encode to
> KEY in FILE.EET from IN-FILE and if COMPRESS is 1, compress it
>    eet -r FILE.EET KEY                                remove KEY in FILE.EET
>    eet -c FILE.EET                                    report and check the
> signature information of an eet file
>    eet -s FILE.EET PRIVATE_KEY PUBLIC_KEY             sign FILE.EET with
> PRIVATE_KEY and attach PUBLIC_KEY as it's certificate
> jeff@sager-bodhi:~$ ls .e/e/config/Bodhi
> e.cfg
>
> ~Jeff
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Christopher Michael
> <cpm...@co...>wrote:
>
>> A 2nd option would be to make a dbus method for changing the theme via the
>> new 'enlightenment_remote' tool and send it to the dev mailing list for svn
>> commit.
>>
>> dh
>>
>>
>> On 01/01/2011 10:12 PM, Christopher Michael wrote:
>>
>>> HAHAHA, Ok but keep in mind this is in no way "official", and will
>>> require a bit of work in your script (not to mention is incredibly
>>> hackish) ;)
>>>
>>> Basically, what you are going to do is decompile the existing e.cfg file
>>> (usually in ~/.e/e/config/standard/e.cfg) using eet:
>>>
>>> 'eet -d /path/to/e.cfg config /path/to/temporary/e.src'
>>>
>>> This will output the current E config settings into a text file called
>>> e.src. Now you can run a 'sed' or something on e.src and replace the
>>> theme filename. What you are looking for in the e.src file is something
>>> like this:
>>>
>>>       group "themes" list {
>>>           group "E_Config_Theme" struct {
>>>               value "category" string: "theme";
>>>               value "file" string:
>>> "/usr/share/enlightenment/data/themes/default.edj";
>>>           }
>>>       }
>>>
>>> Just sed the "file" line with the new theme, and save the file.
>>>
>>> Now you need to recompile it into binary:
>>>
>>> 'eet -e /path/to/e.cfg config /path/to/e.src 1'
>>>
>>> Restart E (assuming the new e.cfg is still in the standard place) and
>>> done. Should work ... in theory ;)
>>>
>>> dh
>>>
>>> On 01/01/2011 10:04 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll take ghetto and hackish. Never was one to argue with results ;)
>>>>
>>>> ~Jeff
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Christopher Michael
>>>> <cpm...@co...>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   On 01/01/2011 09:38 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Yes I know about this command - but as you said it does not do very
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> more. Is there really no way to do this they? I am working on a script
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> change both GTK and Enlightenment theme at the same time so they can
>>>>>> match.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Christopher Michael
>>>>>> <cpm...@co...>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    On 01/01/2011 08:09 PM, Jeff Hoogland wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Is there a command I can run from the CLI to change E theme?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>> ~Jeff
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Back in the good old days, yes there was. It was called
>>>>>>> 'enlightenment_remote' . That same tool exists today, but is in a much
>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>> limited (and limiting) form and only uses dbus calls these days :( A
>>>>>>> quick
>>>>>>> '--help' of the current 'enlightenment_remote' tool shows that it's
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> possible to change the theme (or much of anything else) anymore :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Correct. There is no other 'nice' way to do it :(
>>>>>
>>>>> I can offer a 'not so nice'&    'hackish' way for you todo it if really
>>>>> really really needed ;) BUT it's fairly ghetto
>>>>>
>>>>> dh
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
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