my tweaks and variations on xfce4themes

I like the old school XFCE themes but have a few changes to make.

I am running an older version of XFCE and it is my understanding that those running more modern versions will not be able to use these themes either at all or reliably.

• my tweaks and variations on xfce4themes
  • Install
  • Themes
    • xfwm 2022 Trench (regular DPI)
      • Screenshot
    • Other components
    • xfwm 2022 Slimline
    • xfwm 2022 Slimline (HiDPI)
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  • References

Install

Not very fancy. For other options

1. Clone repo (must include submodules!)

2. Run the install.sh to install for all users (requires password). Or copy manually to ~/.themes or other theme directory.

3. Open Window Manager or Appearances or other relevant settings panel to select.

git clone [email protected]:CouldBeThis/_xfce4themes.git CouldBeThis_xfcethemes
cd CouldBeThis_xfcethemes/themes
sudo ./install.sh

Themes

xfwm 2022 Slimline (HiDPI)

• directory: TBD

• independent repo: TBD

The 2022 slimline theme with a couple of fixes and scaled up to be nice to use on a HiDPI screen.

The submodule may not be updated; see the independent repo for most up to date.

GTK lwaxana

• directory: /_xfce4themes/themes/lwaxana

• independent repo: CouldBeThis / lwaxana

This was originally forked from Elbullazul's B00merang-Project / Solaris-9. I found it much clearer to see what is going on than other themes I had looked in, and since it was already sort of "retro" I didn't need to remove a bunch of round, transparent or other unwanted aesthetic elements.

The submodule may not be updated; see the independent repo for most up to date.

status: usable but a bit of a mess

xfwm 2022 Trench (regular DPI)

• directory: /_xfce4themes/themes/Trench-2022

My version of the classic XFCE theme trench. Basically, compared to the original:

• Inactive windows are no longer totally plain, but instead have light lines and action icons which are similar to the active window's titlebar

  • The inactive icons lack shadows present in the active icons; I felt these were too busy. There is a branch where this is available if anyone wants it.

• Titlebar text slightly adjusted so that it is centred vertically using my font of choice aqui

status: usable

Screenshot

screenshot-Trench-CouldBeThis-MurrinaFancyCandy.png:

screenshot-Trench-CouldBeThis-MurrinaFancyCandy.png:

Other components

The titlebar uses the bitmap font aqui. It is available from Tecate/bitmap-fonts. FOr some reason it isn't listed on the README but it is available as both .bdf and .pcf. It is only available in one size (9pts). I find that unreadably small on a desktop monitor but on my tiny netbook screen it is perfect.

An extremely viable alternative bitmap font that comes in a variety of sizes is TamzenForPowerline.

xfwm 2022 Slimline (regular DPI)

• directory: /_xfce4themes/themes/slimline-2022

My version of the classic XFCE theme slimline. Slight tweaks.

status: usable with minor imperfections.

How to

Convert xpm to png images

Rather crude and requires touching up:

Credits

xfwm themes

• I forked the full collection to CouldBeThis/xfwm4-themes. To avoid duplication and confusion, I am only moving those themes over to here which I am working on.
• Upstream was Distrotech/xfwm4-themes; it is a mirror of a repo that no longer exists, though it is archived. Some discussion of this.

GTK

Elbullazul's B00merang-Project / Solaris-9

References

• howto:install_new_themes

• howto:xfwm4_theme

• howto:gtk_theme

• p0ngbr/xfce-themes: Some xfwm4 themes - another collection of themes (not reviewed)