After over a year and a half of development - Colorizer is approaching release 1.0.
This means that it is undergoing significant changes.
Currently, it is in the phase of transformation from a tool for developers, experimenters, and ricing maniacs towards a tool that is more useful also to the end user.
The most spectacular functionality is/will be the ability to save and restore the color schemes for all components and also the whole desktop meta-theme at once.
Status for main modules:
| Module | description | Save/Restore color scheme | Ready for 1.0? | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menus | Look and feel of all jgmenu-based menus and tools |  |
need testing | |
| Conky | Conky Manager & Colorizer | |
need testing | |
| OpenBox | Openbox Window decoration | in progress | no | |
| Panel tint2 | Configure and colorize panel | … | no | prototype, not published yet |
After completing the above, the next step is to create a mechanism to save/restore the Mabox Desktop Theme (meta theme), which will consist of:
- colorschemes for all above
- font settings
- sizing options
- GTK theme and icons
- wallpaper
Status for other areas:
| Area | description | Ready for 1.0? | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fonts module | quickly change fonts from one place | |
|
| mbclr | submenu to modify/change colors | |
|
| Rootmenu | Main menu of Colorizer | no | need work |
| Main Window | Interactive HTML main window and Help | no | need work |
| PyRadio and Cava | extra modules for PyRadio and Cava audio visualiser | |
|
| Documentation | to be written as a separate website | not started |
Autotheming on wallpaper change
The option to automatically generate a theme after changing the wallpaper will probably be removed, or at least hidden more deeply. In most cases (~80%), the generated themes still need to be tweaked manually.
It will certainly still be possible to quickly generate a theme based on the wallpaper in each component separately (OB, Conky, menus. tint2). In two options: dark and light.
Last days changes…
