diff options
| author | lordjaxom <lordjaxom> | 2005-01-31 14:39:45 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | lordjaxom <lordjaxom> | 2005-01-31 14:39:45 +0000 |
| commit | 9d99631814a293a783b9f8a9b389dfe58223e7ad (patch) | |
| tree | c475e7ce55dc502e77cc7779228e0d6c1c9068bd | |
| parent | a4d70c43a9d2de6b81bd75cae9dcbd9599acc40c (diff) | |
| download | vdr-plugin-text2skin-9d99631814a293a783b9f8a9b389dfe58223e7ad.tar.gz vdr-plugin-text2skin-9d99631814a293a783b9f8a9b389dfe58223e7ad.tar.bz2 | |
- updated documentation
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 37 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ No library - XPMs don't support partial transparency / alpha channels ImageMagick - + you can load many different image types - - is a but slower than Imlib2 + + you can load many different image types including animations Imlib2 + you can load many different image types @@ -47,6 +46,10 @@ HINT: Although the manual of ImageMagick claims that the used library Magick++ is part of the source distribution, some binary distributions may have to install Magick++ separately. +Some skins may use True Type Fonts, which requires the FreeType package to be +installed. If you don't want to use FreeType font rendering, you may disable +that in the Makefile, too. + Installation: ------------- @@ -58,19 +61,22 @@ there will be generated two files called SKINS and SKINS.de, the skin format documentation. root@linux # cd PLUGINS/src -root@linux # wget http://www.magoa.net/linux/contrib/vdr-text2skin-0.0.1.tgz -root@linux # tar -xfz vdr-text2skin-0.0.1.tgz -root@linux # ln -s text2skin-0.0.1 text2skin +root@linux # wget http://www.magoa.net/linux/contrib/vdr-text2skin-1.0.tgz +root@linux # tar -xfz vdr-text2skin-1.0.tgz root@linux # cd ../.. root@linux # make plugins root@linux # ./vdr -P text2skin -If you are using VDR 1.3.9, you also have to apply a patch to the sources. This -patch will be included in VDR 1.3.10. +There are several patches included, which can be applied to VDR, but all of +them are considered optional. -root@linux # patch -p1 < PLUGINS/src/text2skin/patches/vdr-1.3.9-osd.diff -root@linux # make vdr -root@linux # ./vdr -P text2skin +vdr-1.3.17-dvbplayer-buttons.diff + - demonstration on how to use the colorbuttons in replay mode (no skin makes + use of that so far) + +vdr-1.3.17-osdbase-maxitems.diff + - allows dynamic height menu lists, i.e. when some part of the list is + overpainted with a special message Where to put the skins: @@ -99,3 +105,14 @@ Themeing and Translation), images, logos and symbols. If you download a skin, you usually just change to plugins/text2skin and unpack it there. + +Where to put the fonts: +----------------------- + +Font files (.ttf) can be placed either in the directory of the skin itself or +in a subfolder fonts inside the text2skin directory. + +Example: +/video0/plugins/text2skin/fonts/arial.ttf +/video0/plugins/text2skin/myskin/arial.ttf + |