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Now one question remains: How can audacity be convinced to use a different coloured GUI than the bright one?
must the ./audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage be hacked?
While it can be switched in Preferences Interface from "light" to "dark", that is only for the main window.
All the menus and "side/settings" windows are still "light":
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Same with high contrast:
must the ./audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage be hacked?
While it can be switched in Preferences Interface from "light" to "dark", that is only for the main window.
All the menus and "side/settings" windows are still "light":
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Same with high contrast:
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Thank you for this. One more module to create and load. If I were less tolerant I would have stuck with the older version of AppImage which didn't need anything else. :/ncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑28 Sep 2022, 05:29needs libthai to run : libthai-0.1.28-x86_64-2smt.txzgnintilgyes wrote: ↑28 Sep 2022, 03:00There's a new version of Audacity available, v3.2 which claims to have VST3 plug-in support, pretty heady I say. Will have to test it although I don't like that format LOL, I prefer the older VST2 and 32-bit for my music creation. That's what works best with Wine anyway.
Probably the funky visuals aren't a "hack", just a vain attempt to make the program look less like it did ten years back, or earlier.
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There is a thing called Arc-DarK theme (Arc-Dark with DarK icons) but unfortunately, I have no clue how one does install it.
In the thread https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopi ... 24#p421814 there are screenshots, and it looks just like I want my audacity to look like, but since the registration email for https://forum.audacityteam.org never arrived (usually my email provider receives such emails instantaneously or it takes at most 30 seconds) [yes, I also checked the Spam folder; I also instructed forum.audacityteam to resend the email, to no avail] I could not ask in forum.audacityteam.
Hopefully on here someone knows how one does install such thing in audacity?
In the thread https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopi ... 24#p421814 there are screenshots, and it looks just like I want my audacity to look like, but since the registration email for https://forum.audacityteam.org never arrived (usually my email provider receives such emails instantaneously or it takes at most 30 seconds) [yes, I also checked the Spam folder; I also instructed forum.audacityteam to resend the email, to no avail] I could not ask in forum.audacityteam.
Hopefully on here someone knows how one does install such thing in audacity?
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See the Audacity's Wiki theming section...
Create a folder called "Theme" (without the quotes) in Audacity's folder for application data then place your modified .png file in there. Your modified file must be named ImageCache.png (otherwise it won't be found by Audacity.
> Does not compute_
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
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thanks. Currently on my i586 machine with Port 4.0 (kernel from Port 3.1) . I will do it later.
thanks. Currently on my i586 machine with Port 4.0 (kernel from Port 3.1) . I will do it later.
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hi Rava if you choose the adwaita dark theme or another dark theme you have all the menu in dark mode also in audacity try or install it
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@beny
I use Adwaita-dark theme, and all programs display menus and such nice dark, but not Audacity.
Now I am back on the x86-64 machine (I had some internet issues so it took me longer to be back on here than anticipated) - now I try M. Eerie's tip with creating a folder called "Theme" in Audacity's folder and safe the PNG as ImageCache.png … and report back if it worked.
Added in 16 minutes 42 seconds:As you can see, I put the file in the folder Theme as ImageCache.png - and choose "dark" or "Custom", but to no prevail - it looks just like it did in my screenshots above.
I will look into the wiki as quoted by M. Eerie if there is a mention if it makes a difference if you use an AppImage or a regular installed package when using a custom colour theme.
I use Adwaita-dark theme, and all programs display menus and such nice dark, but not Audacity.
Now I am back on the x86-64 machine (I had some internet issues so it took me longer to be back on here than anticipated) - now I try M. Eerie's tip with creating a folder called "Theme" in Audacity's folder and safe the PNG as ImageCache.png … and report back if it worked.
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guest@porteus:/$ ls -o ~/.config/audacity/Theme/ImageCache.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 82831 2022-09-28 09:19 /home/guest/.config/audacity/Theme/ImageCache.png
I will look into the wiki as quoted by M. Eerie if there is a mention if it makes a difference if you use an AppImage or a regular installed package when using a custom colour theme.
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It needs to be instead in "/home/guest/.audacity-data". I'm not sure, there should be two directories with ".audacity" in the name, the longer of the two.
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After I started audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage there was only one audacity folder in guest's ~ :
I try creating folders ~/.audacity-data/Theme …
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Done: (again /welt/ is a local symlink, that will not work on your system)
and started audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage - and it did not work as well.
Now I try instead of ~/.audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png ~/.config/audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png …
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Interestingly enough, this time there already is a ~/.config/audacity-data/ folder (probably because I changed the interface settings in audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage):but… it still would not work. Whyyyy?
Seems /home/guest/.config/audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png is also not correct.
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I checked both https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Theming_HowTo and https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/pre ... tml#stored
In https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/pre ... tml#stored it claimsNo, that is not correct on my system.
The saved audacity.cfg is not in ~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg but in ~/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg :Maybe they changed some details and now what it says in its https://wiki.audacityteam.org/ and/or https://manual.audacityteam.org/ is outdated?
Did anyone of you manage to get a custom colours scheme working in audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage ?
If so, where is your audacity.cfg located?
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I wish my registration of the account on https://forum.audacityteam.org would work… but letting forum.audacityteam.org resend my conformation email when 2 of these did never arrive seems futile.
After I started audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage there was only one audacity folder in guest's ~ :
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guest@porteus:~$ ls .audacity*
/bin/ls: cannot access '.audacity*': No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ ls -d .config/audacity*
.config/audacity
guest@porteus:~$ ls -d .config/.audacity*
/bin/ls: cannot access '.config/.audacity*': No such file or directory
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Done: (again /welt/ is a local symlink, that will not work on your system)
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guest@porteus:~$ mkdir -p ~/.audacity-data/Theme
guest@porteus:~$ cp /welt/programmieren/ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png ~/.audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png
guest@porteus:~$ l ~/.audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 82831 2022-09-28 09:19 /home/guest/.audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png
Now I try instead of ~/.audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png ~/.config/audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png …
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Interestingly enough, this time there already is a ~/.config/audacity-data/ folder (probably because I changed the interface settings in audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage):
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guest@porteus:~$ mv ~/.audacity-data/ .config/audacity-data/
guest@porteus:~$ l .config/audacity-data/
Macros/ audacity.cfg pluginregistry.cfg
Plug-Ins/ crashreports/ pluginsettings.cfg
Theme/ lastlog.txt
guest@porteus:~$ l .config/audacity-data/Theme/
total 84
drwxr-xr-x 3 guest 80 2022-09-29 06:50 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 guest 200 2022-09-29 06:51 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 82831 2022-09-28 09:19 ImageCache.png
drwxr-xr-x 2 guest 40 2022-09-29 06:50 custom
Seems /home/guest/.config/audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png is also not correct.
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I checked both https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Theming_HowTo and https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/pre ... tml#stored
In https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/pre ... tml#stored it claims
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You can find audacity.cfg inside Audacity's folder for application data as follows:
[…]
Linux: ~/.audacity-data/
The saved audacity.cfg is not in ~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg but in ~/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg :
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guest@porteus:~$ l ~/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 6168 2022-09-29 06:51 /home/guest/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg
Did anyone of you manage to get a custom colours scheme working in audacity-linux-3.2.0-x64.AppImage ?
If so, where is your audacity.cfg located?
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I wish my registration of the account on https://forum.audacityteam.org would work… but letting forum.audacityteam.org resend my conformation email when 2 of these did never arrive seems futile.
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^
ahhh
audacity-data/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png and not audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png
I try once again…
ahhh
audacity-data/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png and not audacity-data/Theme/ImageCache.png
I try once again…
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I was going to add to my previous post that my whole configuration for Audacity was put in "/home/guest/.audacity-data" and not in "/home/guest/.config". Double-checked to make sure.
There was also a "/home/guest/.audacity" but there is only one directory there for "crash reports". It seems this new version of Audacity put the "crash reports" with the other directories in the config LOL.
There was also a "/home/guest/.audacity" but there is only one directory there for "crash reports". It seems this new version of Audacity put the "crash reports" with the other directories in the config LOL.
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I think it differs slightly between DEs. In XFCE at least the audacity config audacity.cfg is saved as /home/guest/.config/audacity/audacity.cfg and not as /home/guest/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg
Interestingly enough, now I have two audacity.cfg but only one gets updated:Therefore I presume my config folder should be /home/guest/.config/audacity/ and so the custom themes should be in /home/guest/.config/audacity/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png
For now I quit audacity, remove all previous audacity config folders, start audacity anew and look what gets created anew and work from there…
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After starting and exiting audacity anew:I created the folders accordingly and copied the png file and even checked the png with my image viewer viewnior
Still, it would not work.
Why?
Obviously, on my system audacity uses ~/.config/audacity/ to store its settings:
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As you can see, there are no
/home/guest/.audacity
nor
/home/guest/.audacity-data
nor
/home/guest/.config/audacity-data
but only
/home/guest/.config/audacity/
When I move /home/guest/.config/audacity/ to /home/guest/.audacity-data/ it at least loads the custom theme, but still gets the menus and sub-windows wrong.
Most probably these error messages at startup of audacity give a hintMaybe it's because I use XFCE 4.12 and not the more current 4.16…
Or do you folks get similar error messages when you start up the AppImage (via terminal, or else you would not see any messages)
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Aside from the menus and sub-windows still all be in light theme… the custom theme "ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png" (when saved with the appropriate file name and path) is still messed up:
I highlighted with the red outline box the messed up icons:
As you can see, it is indeed the "ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png" theme, but messed up…
And this is the same with a sub-window:
Compared to the internal dark theme:
that also gets the menus and sub-windows wrong, but at least the theme itself is not messed up.
Most probably sometimes I will deactivate my xfce-4.12 module and use the standard xfce one which is 4.16 and try again. Then I see if my presumption of XFCE 4.12 being responsible was accurate or not.
I will not use a different DE just for audacity to get the menus or sub-windows correct. That would be utter madness.
Interestingly enough, now I have two audacity.cfg but only one gets updated:
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guest@porteus:~/.config/audacity-data$ l /home/guest/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg /home/guest/.config/audacity/audacity.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 6168 2022-09-29 06:51 /home/guest/.config/audacity-data/audacity.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 6161 2022-09-29 07:34 /home/guest/.config/audacity/audacity.cfg
For now I quit audacity, remove all previous audacity config folders, start audacity anew and look what gets created anew and work from there…
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After starting and exiting audacity anew:
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guest@porteus:~$ l .audacity*
/bin/ls: cannot access '.audacity*': No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ echo .config/audacity*
.config/audacity
guest@porteus:~$ l .config/audacity*
total 56
drwxr-xr-x 2 guest 100 2022-09-29 07:47 .
drwxr-xr-x 44 guest 500 2022-09-29 07:46 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 6161 2022-09-29 07:47 audacity.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 41215 2022-09-29 07:46 pluginregistry.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 26 2022-09-29 07:46 pluginsettings.cfg
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guest@porteus:~$ mkdir -p .config/audacity/Theme/custom/
guest@porteus:~$ cp /welt/programmieren/ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png .config/audacity/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png
guest@porteus:~$ l .config/audacity/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 82831 2022-09-28 09:19 .config/audacity/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png
guest@porteus:~$ viewnior .config/audacity/Theme/custom/ImageCache.png
Why?
Obviously, on my system audacity uses ~/.config/audacity/ to store its settings:
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guest@porteus:~$ l ~/.config/audacity/audacity.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 guest 6161 2022-09-29 07:52 /home/guest/.config/audacity/audacity.cfg
As you can see, there are no
/home/guest/.audacity
nor
/home/guest/.audacity-data
nor
/home/guest/.config/audacity-data
but only
/home/guest/.config/audacity/
When I move /home/guest/.config/audacity/ to /home/guest/.audacity-data/ it at least loads the custom theme, but still gets the menus and sub-windows wrong.
Most probably these error messages at startup of audacity give a hint
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(process:8570): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 08:13:19.903: gdk_pixbuf_new_from_data: assertion 'data != NULL' failed
(process:8570): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 08:13:19.903: IA__gdk_screen_get_root_window: assertion 'GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed
(process:8570): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 08:13:19.903: IA__gdk_drawable_get_display: assertion 'GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed
(process:8570): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 08:13:19.903: IA__gdk_cursor_new_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed
(process:8570): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 08:13:19.903: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
Or do you folks get similar error messages when you start up the AppImage (via terminal, or else you would not see any messages)
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Aside from the menus and sub-windows still all be in light theme… the custom theme "ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png" (when saved with the appropriate file name and path) is still messed up:
I highlighted with the red outline box the messed up icons:
As you can see, it is indeed the "ArcDark_Audacity2022-04-20.png" theme, but messed up…
And this is the same with a sub-window:
Compared to the internal dark theme:
that also gets the menus and sub-windows wrong, but at least the theme itself is not messed up.
Most probably sometimes I will deactivate my xfce-4.12 module and use the standard xfce one which is 4.16 and try again. Then I see if my presumption of XFCE 4.12 being responsible was accurate or not.
I will not use a different DE just for audacity to get the menus or sub-windows correct. That would be utter madness.
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It's not any different from me. The toolbars are messed up. It means the "skinning" feature of Audacity isn't ready yet.
We might have to be able to join their forum to get a different PNG file. But LOL you want to belong there so much while you're so important here! :D
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I would only be there to solve my skin issue or at least report the issue and hopefully it can be solved…gnintilgyes wrote: ↑29 Sep 2022, 19:05We might have to be able to join their forum to get a different PNG file. But LOL you want to belong there so much while you're so important here!
But I would only be there on rare occasions, I also am on palemoon forum or linuxquestions forum, but mainly I am on https://forum.porteus.org and I am sure to stay, Porteus is my OS and therefore here is my main base.
Like I said, I only want to solve one specific issue… and it is annoying when registering on a forum will not work. That goes against the very idea why there is a forum in the first place.
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