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# Simplewaita
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This is a very complete theme, including:
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- GTK2, GTK3 and GTK4
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- Kvantum (qt svg theme, qorks with both qt5 and qt6)
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- qtCurve configuration (qtcurve for now it works only in qt5)
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- Plasma, qt5ct and qt6ct color schemes
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- xfwm4 theme (XFCE window decoration)
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- Aurorae theme (Plasma (Kwin) window decoration)
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- Plasma theme
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- Metacity (Mate window decoration)
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- Openbox (window decoration for Openbox window manager)
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It is a skeuomorphic theme (that is, non-flat, that tries to imitate real-world objects and interfaces, like real three-dimensional buttons). It tries to use as little CPU as possible to draw widgets (no round corners, no gradients, almost no box-shadows and almost no transparency, except where it is unavoidable to keep usability). It also tries to be extremely _legible_, that is: the function of every element should be obvious. I have decided to make a compromise, though: toolbar buttons (and a few others) are not raised by default (because in some apps it may make the UI look too crowded, like "too many things happening").
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Because of these design decisions, it looks very much like a theme from the 90s. It may even have som pixel art flavor too, beacuse all borders are two pixels wide, and relief is widely used to help distinguish elements.
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This theme's colors are equal to Simple theme, which are very similar to another theme of mine called Soil. That is: dark theme, with gray backgrounds, green accents, brown disabled elements, and blue hints or statuses. Buttons are lighter and subtly green.
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This theme is based on Adwaita GTK3 and GTK4 (source sasscs!) and built from there. Sources are also available.
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GTK2 is based on Clearlooks.
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I've created a way to use different color themes:
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- go to `source/templates/` directory and run `./use_scheme.sh name_of_color_scheme` (for example: `./use_scheme.sh colorscheme-Skewaita_original_light.sh`
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- move one directory upwards with `cd ..` and rebuild theme, using new selected scheme, and bearing in mind whether it's a light or a dark theme: `./compile.sh light` or `./compile.sh dark`
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For now there are only two color schemes: the original one and a light one (using Skewaita's colors).
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## Integration with other DE
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To integrate this theme with Plasma or QT: You can either download corresponding Simple themes using Plasma Configuration tool, or, if you prefer to use the cloned repo, then:
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- Plasma:
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- import the color scheme in `kde_plasma_qt/plasma_colorscheme/` folder.
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- With Kvantum manager, either import `kde_plasma_qt/Kvantum/Simplewaita/` with the Kvantum Manager, or create a symbolic link to `kde_plasma_qt/Kvantum/Simplewaita/` in `~/.config/Kvantum`.
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- create a symbolic link to `kde_plasma_qt/aurorae/Simple/` called `Simple` at `~/.local/share/aurorae/themes`
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- Other QT desktops:
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- copy Simple.conf in `kde_plasma_qt/qt5_or_6ct_color_scheme/` to `~/.config/qt5ct/colors` (to activate it, you need to use qt5ct or qt6ct to manage the aspect of your QT applications)
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- Do the same as with Plasma for Kvantum
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- Gnome 42 and libadwaita: link or copy its `Simplewaita/gtk-4.0/gtk.css` to `~/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css` and the folder `Simplewaita/gtk-4.0/assets` to `~/.config/gtk-4.0/assets` (linking is the recommended option, especially if you use the cloned repo).
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(note: you can also use the strategy of creating symbolic links for Kvantum and color scheme).
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For GTK, metacity, xfwm4, openbox and Unity, just copy the root folder in `~/.themes` (or, if you want it to be available to all users, `/usr/share/themes`). If you clone the repo, then I'd recommend to create a symbolic link to Simplewaita's folder in `~/.themes`, instead of copying it, so you just need to `git pull` in order to fully update it.
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## Big previews:
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