OpenCanopy Icons

[blackosx]

Wow.. Looks like I've missed out on a lot today! I have been working but and also managed to update the Set5 icon sets on the repo with the missing Linux icons to complete the flavours list. I've next to work on the macOS flavours now but that will happen in time..  And note, to anyone else.. these extra icons are purely optional and not a requirement.

 

5 hours ago, vit9696 said:

We have finally made it to build a gallery with Dortania: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCanopy-Gallery. I warmly welcome you there and request all the artists to provide their themes for listing. Here is the instruction: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCanopy-Gallery/contribute.html.

 

Excellent. Thanks for the heads up vit. I'll take look when I can..

 

5 hours ago, Bmju said:

Say you want to use different themes and switch between them from time to time, but you have a .VolumeIcon.icns file in place, e.g. in your macOS install or especially your Ubuntu install (which used to be what you had to do, to theme an OS entry that OC does not know the type of automatically, i.e. other than macOS or Windows). If you'd done it that way (and ofc have .VolumeIcon.icns enabled in OC) then these OSes will always look exactly the same across all the themes - that's how it works, and it has precedence. However, if you disable OC_ATTR_USE_VOLUME_ICON (or just don't put any .VolumeIcon.icns file in place in the first place) and you use the new 'flavour' system instead, then how each OS looks will come from the artwork of each theme as you switch between them - which is basically what it was designed for. 

 

I knew there would be a good explanation. Thanks for clarifying Mike.

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by blackosx

[blackosx]

33 minutes ago, miliuco said:

 @blackosx already has his gallery up.

It wasn't me. I'm only just seeing this now.. Someone has done it for me (thank you) 

EDIT: It was khronokernel with this commit - Thanks.

 

But I will be taking a good look at the Dortania OpenCanopy Gallery in due course so I can learn about it and eventually manage it myself. 

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by blackosx
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[chris1111]

I givup for today this thing is frustrating for me not able to pull request

Edit Its more easy adding a page

I have create a new Repos of Gallery but .....

Edited May 20, 2021 by chris1111

[blackosx]

7 minutes ago, chris1111 said:

I givup for today this thing is frustrating for me not able to pull request

Edit Its more easy adding a page

It's just because it's new. Give it some time to familiarise yourself with it. I will do the same.

[miliuco]

9 minutes ago, blackosx said:

It wasn't me. I'm only just seeing this now.. Someone has done it for me (thank you) 

EDIT: It was khronokernel with this commit - Thanks.

 

But I will be taking a good look at the Dortania OpenCanopy Gallery in due course so I can learn about it and eventually manage it myself...

I didn't know. I thought you had created your gallery. It's a great detail from Mykola Grymalyuk. Congratulations!!!.

[chris1111]

2 minutes ago, blackosx said:

It's just because it's new. Give it some time to familiarise yourself with it. I will do the same.

This is me I don't know how I try for an hour but  nothing is happening

[miliuco]

16 minutes ago, chris1111 said:

I givup for today this thing is frustrating for me not able to pull request

Edit Its more easy adding a page

I have create a new Repos of Gallery but .....

Do not be discouraged. As @blackosx says, new things seem very difficult to learn before getting to know them more thoroughly. You've developed a lot for macOS and have enough knowledge to get up to speed in no time. And there is no rush.

By the way, your new repo and gallery are very good.

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by miliuco

[chris1111]

Waithing 

 

[Anto65]

4 minutes ago, chris1111 said:

Waithing 

 

come on, you can do it 

[chris1111]

Just now, antuneddu said:

come on, you can do it 

I need to Approve by the Owner 

[blackosx]

Well done @chris1111 

[chris1111]

48 minutes ago, blackosx said:

Well done @chris1111 

thanks 

[Bmju]

6 hours ago, eSaF said:

@Bmju - Thank you very much, your suggestions absolutely got me to this stage using the default Icons (see attached). Of course the real fun begins when I start using Icon Packs by different authors but I think I should be abled to get there by reading up instead of trying to wing it like I always do hoping something will stick. 

 

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So now, to change themes, you just need to copy the .icns files from a new theme - keep the directory structure - and then change the value of PickerVariant - that is all!

 

As @miliuco says, you don't need to use flavours - you only need to specify flavours to customise exactly how icons are picked up from themes when it doesn't quite suit you how it works by default, but you don't have to use them just in order to change and use themes in the first place.

 

[Bmju]

On 5/19/2021 at 8:18 PM, antuneddu said:

 

I should probably know but... where do you get the matching background? Does @blackosx make those available somewhere else? (I had a look around the GitHub repos - probably just didn't look hard enough!)

Edited May 20, 2021 by Bmju

[miliuco]

26 minutes ago, Bmju said:

 

I should probably know but... where do you get the matching background? Does @blackosx make those available somewhere else? (I had a look around the GitHub repos - probably just didn't look hard enough!)

@blackosx has some Acer backgrounds in /OpenCanopyIcons-master/Set3LE/GreenGlow/Backgrounds_ACER but they aren't this. @antuneddu surely knows the source or this background can be made by himself.

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by miliuco

[blackosx]

13 minutes ago, Bmju said:

I should probably know but... where do you get the matching background? Does @blackosx make those available somewhere else? (I had a look around the GitHub repos - probably just didn't look hard enough!)

I've been concentrating on icons for now as I think it's more fun and easier for users to find/make their own backgrounds to their own taste, rather than for them to generate icon sets. Though I will maybe generate some backgrounds for any themes I produce.

 

I know @chris1111 has created many different backgrounds for his themes. Maybe we could do with some group 'backgrounds' repo where many users can submit their own creations for others to choose from?

 

[Anto65]

30 minutes ago, miliuco said:

@blackosx has some Acer backgrounds in /OpenCanopyIcons-master/Set3LE/GreenGlow/Backgrounds_ACER but they aren't this. @antuneddu surely knows the source.

 

che passa  I accentuated the logo  a little   sorry @blackosx.  @miliuco I did not understand, can't you find the backgrounds?

Edited May 20, 2021 by antuneddu

[Anto65]

3 minutes ago, eSaF said:

@antuneddu I am sure this query was answered before but may I ask how did you get the Apple Icon to appear before the Windows Icon in the Boot Menu? It bugs me every time as I was abled to correct that in my past Clover days.

you know I don't even remember anymore ? I think it is due to the value of scanpolicy 2687747

[Anto65]

2 minutes ago, antuneddu said:

you know I don't even remember anymore ? I think it is due to the value of scanpolicy 2687747

@eSaF  I forgot about the purple and blue background if you like it here it is 

Background.icns.zip

[Bmju]

58 minutes ago, blackosx said:

I've been concentrating on icons for now as I think it's more fun and easier for users to find/make their own backgrounds to their own taste, rather than for them to generate icon sets. Though I will maybe generate some backgrounds for any themes I produce.

 

I know @chris1111 has created many different backgrounds for his themes. Maybe we could do with some group 'backgrounds' repo where many users can submit their own creations for others to choose from?

 

 

Yes, I used some of @chris1111's themes too! I found his backgrounds folder. I guess @antuneddu must've themed that pink background for that theme himself?

 

Hi again, @blackosx ! Yes, I guess as an end user it's nice to see what themed backgrounds a theme author has produced, even if there's only a few, or at least not one for every single theme. Sometimes a background along with the icons really makes a theme pop out - like what @antuneddu did with your pink theme, or your own BsxOc1 with its matching background, which I liked enough to start playing around again with all this stuff! 

4 minutes ago, antuneddu said:

@eSaF  I forgot about the purple and blue background if you like it here it is 

Background.icns.zip 1.83 MB · 0 downloads

I think it was me asking - but thank you very much, I'll gladly have a copy of that! 

Edited May 20, 2021 by Bmju

[Anto65]

1 minute ago, Bmju said:

 

Yes, I used some of @chris1111's themes too! I found his backgrounds folder. I guess @antuneddu must've have themed that pink background for that theme himself?

 

Hi again, @blackosx ! Yes, I guess as an end user it's nice to see what themed backgrounds a theme author has produced, even if there's only a few, or at least not one for every single theme. Sometimes a background along with the icons really makes a theme pop out - like what @antuneddu did with your pink theme, or your own BsxOc1 with its matching background, which I liked enough to start playing around again with all this stuff! 

here is it https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/344251-opencanopy-icons/?do=findComment&comment=2758840

 

[miliuco]

10 minutes ago, eSaF said:

Ok thanks - I will dig around and no doubt find something else to break after sorting out my icon problem. 

 

In the past you and I have talked about this, the way I fix this cosmetic drawback is:

- ScanPolicy=2687747 (as @antuneddu says) to hide NTFS file systems since this automatic detection of the NTFS partition makes Windows to be shown at the first place of the picker

- new Entry in Misc > Entries pointing to the UEFI path of the Windows partition, so this entry is shown AFTER macOS entries.

 

My example (you must find the correct path to your Windows):

		<key>Entries</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>Arguments</key>
				<string></string>
				<key>Auxiliary</key>
				<false/>
				<key>Comment</key>
				<string>Windows</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>Flavour</key>
				<string>Windows10:Windows</string>
				<key>Name</key>
				<string>Windows 10</string>
				<key>Path</key>
				<string>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,C2-C5-5B-46-4A-44-1B-00)/HD(1,GPT,A6916A86-C425-4421-A417-9A4419DACC66,0x800,0x95800)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi</string>
				<key>TextMode</key>
				<false/>
			</dict>
		</array>

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by miliuco

[Anto65]

2 minutes ago, miliuco said:

 

In the past you and I have talked about this, the way I fix this cosmetic is:

- ScanPolicy=2687757 (as @antuneddu says) to hide NTFS file systems since this automatic detection of the NTFS partition makes Windows to be shown at the first place of the picker

- new Entry in Misc > Entries pointing to the UEFI path of the Windows partition, so this entry is shown AFTER macOS entries.

 

My example (you must find the correct path to your Windows):

		<key>Entries</key>
		<array>
			<dict>
				<key>Arguments</key>
				<string></string>
				<key>Auxiliary</key>
				<false/>
				<key>Comment</key>
				<string>Windows</string>
				<key>Enabled</key>
				<true/>
				<key>Flavour</key>
				<string>Windows10:Windows</string>
				<key>Name</key>
				<string>Windows 10</string>
				<key>Path</key>
				<string>PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1D,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,C2-C5-5B-46-4A-44-1B-00)/HD(1,GPT,A6916A86-C425-4421-A417-9A4419DACC66,0x800,0x95800)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi</string>
				<key>TextMode</key>
				<false/>
			</dict>
		</array>

 

exactly I remembered that scanpolicy was centered

[miliuco]

Playing with flavours and @blackosx macOS icons with images. It's funny!!! 

Note: macOS entries except Big Sur are fake entries pointing to the active theme's dir. But Flavour works since icons are picked for the macOS version specified in Flavour of each entry.

 

[Anto65]

ahahaha opencanopy is our playground yes I like it a lot