BaseSkin ThemeManager

[McBainUK]

Make ThemeManager work with other skins, not just BaseSkin.

Do you mean add the option to choose a GBPVR skin from within the plugin, and then switch and restart? This would be possible.

I can manually swap themes, but I can see other users (as well as myself) would like to use ThemeManager to radically change the skin, (then use AppearanceManager to fine tune it.)

This sounds good but would require alot of co-operation between BaseSkin/Themes and AM/Collection skins...

[Fatman_do]

Do you mean add the option to choose a GBPVR skin from within the plugin, and then switch and restart? This would be possible.

Instead of that, the plugin should be able to find out what skin is the current skin, scan that folder for Advisor.ThemeXYZ, and pass the external commands off to that directory.

I don't know poo about programming coding, but I know the config.xml stores what the current skin is. There may be a more practical way to find this that is part of the plugin interface.

This sounds good but would require alot of co-operation between BaseSkin/Themes and AM/Collection skins...

Nothing in the skinning world is mandatory. It is just another method. Some skins would support it, some not. If the tools are there, then that is up to the skinner and user to use them.

[McBainUK]

Instead of that, the plugin should be able to find out what skin is the current skin, scan that folder for Advisor.ThemeXYZ, and pass the external commands off to that directory.

This is exactly what Mixman suggested eairler today in the "suggestions" document he sent me!

Will be done for the next release.

Mark