Old 08-14-2018, 09:05 AM   #1
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Default WYSIWYG Theme Editor

I been trying my hand at making a theme, its not very intuitive. I'm sure the idea of a WYSIWYG theme editor has come up previously. Did anything happen, is this something anyone thinks they could tackle? I'd be happy to donate
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Old 08-14-2018, 10:52 AM   #2
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Yeah, i am pretty sure this request has been posted more times.

Would be amazing to have such a userfiendly and intuitive Theme Editor for Reaper.

Currently, that Walter scripting language for creating Themes is completely abacadabra for me and i just don't have time (and also the spirit) to dig into that (as many others i assume).

I remember that Sonar DAW had a really amazing userfriendly Theme editor built in, i'v been always jealous about that.

Well, fingers crossed but i wouldnt bet on a WYSIWYG Theme Editor (soon).
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Old 08-14-2018, 10:56 AM   #3
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Ooh yeah, didn't know about that...

https://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Theme-Editor

That does look good
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Old 08-14-2018, 11:15 AM   #4
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Should be scriptable, but due Walter being very complex and mighty, it would probably never reflect the whole power of Walter.
You would need to alter the rtconfig-file in the back constantly.

And you would need to reload the theme after every change or have a commit-button to reload the changed theme.

Should be doable but it's probably a hell of a lot of work...
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Old 08-14-2018, 11:21 AM   #5
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Thank you for your input !

And you would need to reload the theme after every change or have a commit-button to reload the changed theme.

I honestly think this will be the least of annoyances using a WYSIWYG Theme Editor

I recall the application LPX Colorizer for Logic Pro X (not really a Theme editor but more of a colors editor for Logic).
This application also requires to reload the Theme for any changes to be seen: totally not a big deal IMHO.
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Old 08-14-2018, 12:42 PM   #6
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Just found this thread, started 10 years ago to the day!

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=24771

White Tie had already made a start...

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I started the ball rolling with a theme assembler that could grab bits from lots of varied theme folders, with preview, combine them into a new one, write an rtconfig file and save as new. I then whored it around a number of fine code monkeys and while there was interest, no one picked up the ball and ran with it.

And that's where it stands. Ultimately its a large-ish job that someone needs to be motivated to put a lot of time into.
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Old 08-14-2018, 01:36 PM   #7
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Thanks !

Ended up dead so it seems ..
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Old 08-14-2018, 01:43 PM   #8
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The biggest problem is, how to visualise the technical-abstract syntax of WALTER and dependencies of all elements?

Some things aren't documented and there is the possibility to use a mixture of old theming with WALTER at the same time.

And the replacing of graphical-elements/buttons would be quite difficult.
Maybe, if SWS had a "SaveImageFromClipboardAsFile(filename)"-function, we could do stuff like:
"1. Make your button in your favorite gfx-app
2. Put it into the clipboard
3. click the "import button-imagefile-from clipboard"-button
4. it will be saved properly in the correct folder
5. reload the theme
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I should stp thinking about that. I'm still too busy with other Reaper-coding XD
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I should stp thinking about that. I'm still too busy with other Reaper-coding XD
Feel free to not stop thinking about it
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Old 07-28-2021, 04:33 PM   #10
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(and start making it I meant)
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Old 07-29-2021, 11:50 AM   #11
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Too complex and Walter is too underdocumented to make this.
So I abandoned the idea.
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Old 07-29-2021, 11:57 AM   #12
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Too complex and Walter is too underdocumented to make this.
So I abandoned the idea.
Ah bad news I just came across the thread and realised my comment sounded rude, when it was supposed to be a compliment lol
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