Chapter 11. Advanced Topics
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11.2. Configuring the Theme
11.2.1. Themeing – General Info
There are various different aspects of the Rockbox interface that can be themed – the
WPS or
While Playing Screen
, the FMS or
FM Screen
(if the player has a tuner),
and the SBS or
Base Skin
. The WPS is the name used to describe the information
displayed on the player’s screen whilst an audio track is being played, the FMS is the
screen shown while listening to the radio, and the SBS lets you specify a base skin that is
shown in the menus and browsers, as well as the WPS and FMS. The SBS also allows you
to control certain aspects of the appearance of the menus/browsers. There are a number
of themes included in Rockbox, and you can load one of these at any time by selecting
it in
Settings
→
Theme Settings
→
Browse Theme Files
. It is also possible to
set individual items of a theme from within the
Settings
→
Theme Settings
menu.
11.2.2. Themes – Create Your Own
The theme files are simple text files, and can be created (or edited) in your favourite
text editor. To make sure non-English characters display correctly in your theme you
must save the theme files with UTF-8 character encoding. This can be done in most
editors, for example Notepad in Windows 2000 or XP (but not in 9x/ME) can do this.
Files Locations:
Each different “themeable” aspect requires its own file – WPS files
have the extension
.wps
, FM screen files have the extension
.fms
, and SBS files
have the extension
.sbs
. The main theme file has the extension
.cfg
. All files
should have the same name.
The theme
.cfg
file should be placed in the
/.rockbox/themes
directory, while the
.wps
,
.fms
and
.sbs
files should be placed in the
/.rockbox/wps
directory. Any
images used by the theme should be placed in a subdirectory of
/.rockbox/wps
with the same name as the theme, e.g. if the theme files are named
mytheme.wps,
mytheme.sbs
etc., then the images should be placed in
/.rockbox/wps/mytheme
.
All full list of the available tags are given in appendix section
(page
); some of
the more powerful concepts in theme design are discussed below.
•
All characters not preceded by % are displayed as typed.
•
Lines beginning with # are comments and will be ignored.
Note:
Keep in mind that your player’s resolution is 112
×
64
×
1 (with the last number
b
giving the colour depth in bits) when designing your own WPS, or if you use a WPS
designed for another target.
The Rockbox manual
(version 3.14)
Archos Ondio
