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Folder Color © 2012-2017 Marcos Alvarez Costales |
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WHAT IS IT? |
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A file browser extension for choosing the color of a folder. |
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HOW DO I INSTALL & RUN IT? |
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From a PPA: |
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# add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color
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# apt-get update && sudo apt-get install folder-color
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From the code (take a look to the dependencies): |
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$ bzr branch lp:folder-color && cd folder-color && sudo python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr |
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Then, restart Nautilus |
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$ nautilus -q |
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You'll need also to refresh the system icons: |
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# gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/Humanity/
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DEPENDENCIES
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For Nautilus: |
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python-nautilus, nautilus, libgtk2.0-bin |
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For Nemo: |
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python-nemo, nemo, libgtk2.0-bin |
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For Caja: |
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python-caja, caja, gir1.2-caja, libgtk2.0-bin |
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HOW TO CREATE A NEW THEME |
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Folder color will work (you'll see the entry menu) if AT LEAST exists the icon: "blue-color". |
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You can use any compatible icon format (like SVG or PNG). |
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1. FOLDER COLORS (MANDATORY) |
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Icon nomenclature: folder-<color>. |
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<color>: brown, blue, green, grey, orange, pink, red, purple, yellow, cyan, black, violet, magenta |
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The unique mandatory color is blue. The other are optionals. |
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For example: Blue folder color would be: /usr/share/icons/<MyAwesomeTheme>/48x48/<places>/folder-blue.svg |
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OTHER ICONS: |
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The entries menu will use these icons from the default theme: gtk-edit & undo |
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2. DEFAULT FOLDERS (OPTIONAL) |
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These folders have icons inside. They are: Desktop, Documents, Download, Music, Pictures, Public, Templates, Videos. |
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Icon nomenclature: folder-<color>-<emblem> |
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<color>: brown, blue, green, grey, orange, pink, red, purple, yellow, cyan, black, violet, magenta |
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<emblem>: desktop, documents, download, music, pictures, public, templates, videos |
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For example, the blue 'Pictures' folder would be: /usr/share/icons/<MyAwesomeTheme>/48x48/<places>/folder-blue-pictures.svg |
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3. EMBLEMS (OPTIONAL) |
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Folder Color will use any of these standard emblems from the current theme: |
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- emblem-favorite |
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- emblem-important |
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- emblem-new |
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- emblem-urgent |
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4. CUSTOM COLOR (OPTIONAL) |
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Icon nomenclature: folder-custom.svg. |
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It has to be SVG format. |
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This icon is not using colors, it's using 3 constants inside the file. Then, when the user choose a custom color, Folder Color is replacing those constants as: |
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#value_light = Color selected by user in hexadecimal.
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#value_middle = Color selected by user in hexadecimal - 2500
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#value_dark = Color selected by user in hexadecimal - 5000
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Example: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~costales/folder-color/trunk/view/head:/icons/Humanity/places/48/folder_custom.svg |
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5. CUSTOM COLOR FOR DEFAULT FOLDERS (OPTIONAL) |
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Icon nomenclature: folder-custom-<emblem>.svg |
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<emblem>: desktop, documents, download, music, pictures, public, templates, videos |
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They has to be SVG format. |
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Icon on Folder Color entry menu will use the 'gtk-edit' icon from default theme. |
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For example, the 'Pictures' folder would be: /usr/share/icons/<MyAwesomeTheme>/48x48/<places>/folder-custom-pictures.svg |
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6. ALL RESOLUTIONS (OPTIONAL) |
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Reply the previous sections for all resolutions (not only 48px) in points 1, 2 and 3. |
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HOW TO CHECK YOUR NEW THEME? |
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Copy your icons into: |
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~/.icons/<your_theme>/ |
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After install them, remember to refresh your theme: |
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# gtk-update-icon-cache ~/.icons/<your_theme>
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Set your theme as default system theme. |
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And restart your file browser: |
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$ [nautilus|caja|nemo] -q |
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MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION |
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Make all the icons is a really big work. |
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I'd recommend you to create just the icons of point 1. If you are full of beans, create the other. |
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DOUBTS? |
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Do you have any doubt or problem? Contact me here: https://launchpad.net/~costales/+contactuser |
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I'll help you :) |
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LICENSES
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Folder Color code is licensed under the GPL v3. |
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http://www.gnu.org/licenses |
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The icons are licensed under GPL v2 and v3. Folder Color is mixing 2 themes: |
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- RAVEfinity artwork http://www.ravefinity.com/ |
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- GNOME artwork http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Desktop_icons |