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