Theme Package Specification (Draft)

Introduction

This specification is designed to provide a desktop neutral way to package and install themes.

It should bring artists and users together, allow artists to create a collection of themes building a certain look and users can install that same collection at the touch of a button to get the look the artist designed.

Themes should be installed inside subdirectories of $XDG_DATA_DIRS, using $XDG_DATA_HOME as a location for themes installed by individual users.

Theme Package Structure

Gtk-2.0 Themes

Gtk themes define the look-n-feel of applications using Gtk for their User Interface components. (widgets)

Gtk themes should be installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/themes

Metacity Themes

Metacity is a window-manager which can be themed in order to change the window-decoration.

Metacity themes should be installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/themes

Xfwm4 Themes

Xfwm4 is a window-manager which can be themed in order to change the window-decoration.

Xfwm4 themes should be installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/themes

Kth Themes

<< TODO >>

Icon Themes

Icon themes are themes containing the icons used by different applications across the desktop. Icons to indicate MIME-types, but also for actions like opening files, new documents, See the Icon Naming Spec for information about how to create Icon themes.

Icon themes should be installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/icons

Cursor Themes

Cursor-themes provide a set of mouse-cursors

Cursor themes should be installed in $XDG_DATA_DIRS/cursors

Wallpapers

Theme Package Description

     [Desktop Entry]
     Name=Example theme
     Version=1.0
     Type=X-ThemePackage
     Author=John Doe
     Theme-Version=1.0
     License=GPL;Creative-Commons
     Contains=gtk-2.0,xfwm4,metacity,icons,wallpapers,cursors

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