ASCII text
Summary
Do not edit the CSS directly, edit the source SCSS files and process them with SASS (run
./parse-sass.shwhen you have the required software installed, as described below)To be able to use the latest/adequate version of sass, install ruby, gem, sass & bundle. On Fedora 25, this is done with
sudo dnf install rubygems && gem install bundle && bundle installfrom the same directory thisHACKING.mdresides in.
How to tweak the theme
Flat-Plat is a complex theme, so to keep it maintainable it's written and processed in SASS.
It is very likely your change will happen in the _common.scss file. That's where all the widget
selectors are defined. Here's a rundown of the "supporting" stylesheets, that are unlikely to be the
right place for a drive by stylesheet fix:
_colors.scss
global color definitions. We keep the number of defined colors to a necessary minimum, most colors are derived form a handful of basics. It covers both the light variant and the dark variant.
_colors-public.scss
SCSS colors exported through gtk to allow for 3rd party apps color mixing.
_drawing.scss
drawing helper mixings/functions to allow easier definition of widget drawing under specific context. This is why Flat-Plat isn't 15000 LOC.
_common.scss
actual definitions of style for each widget. This is where you are likely to add/remove your changes.
You can read about SASS at http://sass-lang.com/documentation/. Once you make your changes to the
_common.scss file, you can either run the ./parse-sass.sh script or keep SASS watching for changes as you
edit. This is done by running bundle exec sass --watch --sourcemap=none . If sass is out of date, or is
missing, you can install it with bundle install.
1
Summary
2
-------
3
* Do not edit the CSS directly, edit the source SCSS files and process them with SASS (run
5
`./parse-sass.sh` when you have the required software installed, as described below)
6
* To be able to use the latest/adequate version of sass, install ruby, gem, sass & bundle.
7
On Fedora 25, this is done with `sudo dnf install rubygems && gem install bundle && bundle install`
8
from the same directory this `HACKING.md` resides in.
9
How to tweak the theme
11
----------------------
12
Flat-Plat is a complex theme, so to keep it maintainable it's written and processed in SASS.
14
It is very likely your change will happen in the `_common.scss` file. That's where all the widget
16
selectors are defined. Here's a rundown of the "supporting" stylesheets, that are unlikely to be the
17
right place for a drive by stylesheet fix:
18
* `_colors.scss`
20
global color definitions. We keep the number of defined colors to a necessary minimum,
22
most colors are derived form a handful of basics. It covers both the light variant and
23
the dark variant.
24
* `_colors-public.scss`
26
SCSS colors exported through gtk to allow for 3rd party apps color mixing.
28
* `_drawing.scss`
30
drawing helper mixings/functions to allow easier definition of widget drawing under
32
specific context. This is why Flat-Plat isn't 15000 LOC.
33
* `_common.scss`
35
actual definitions of style for each widget. This is where you are likely to add/remove your changes.
37
You can read about SASS at http://sass-lang.com/documentation/. Once you make your changes to the
39
`_common.scss` file, you can either run the `./parse-sass.sh` script or keep SASS watching for changes as you
40
edit. This is done by running `bundle exec sass --watch --sourcemap=none .` If sass is out of date, or is
41
missing, you can install it with `bundle install`.
42