Difference between revisions of "Menu theme development guide"
(→Overview) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
| − | Menu themes allow the user to customize where certain myth features are located. By creating a customized menu theme, users can tailor MythTV to there own usage. The goal of this guide is to familiarize users with the menu's XML format and to create a comprehensive list of actions that will allow the user to invoke plugins and other menus. | + | Menu themes allow the user to customize where certain myth features are located. By creating a customized menu theme, users can tailor MythTV to there own usage. The goal of this guide is to familiarize users with the menu's XML format and to create a comprehensive list of actions that will allow the user to invoke plugins and other menus. This document assumes that mythtv is installed in the "/usr" directory. If it is installed in the "/usr/local" directory, substitute everywhere that says "/usr/" with "/usr/local/". |
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Menu themes are a series of XML documents. The XML document defines what "buttons" are shown on each menu. Each XML document describes one menu. | Menu themes are a series of XML documents. The XML document defines what "buttons" are shown on each menu. Each XML document describes one menu. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==First Step== | ||
| + | The first step is to create a directory to hold the menu's XML document. If unsure, a good place is in the home folder. The directory can be called anything that is not already a theme of any kind. To find out what not to call the menu theme, use the following command in a terminal: | ||
| + | |||
| + | $ ls /usr/share/mythtv/themes | ||
| + | |||
| + | Type the following to create a directory for a menutheme in "~/mymenuthemes/mymenu". | ||
| + | |||
| + | $ cd ~ | ||
| + | $ mkdir mymenuthemes | ||
| + | $ cd mymenuthemes | ||
| + | $ mkdir mymenu | ||
| + | $ cd mymenu | ||
| + | |||
| + | It is generally a good idea to sketch out how the new menu is to be laid out. This will decrease the chance of error as well as speed up the development process. | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 13 March 2006
Introduction
Menu themes allow the user to customize where certain myth features are located. By creating a customized menu theme, users can tailor MythTV to there own usage. The goal of this guide is to familiarize users with the menu's XML format and to create a comprehensive list of actions that will allow the user to invoke plugins and other menus. This document assumes that mythtv is installed in the "/usr" directory. If it is installed in the "/usr/local" directory, substitute everywhere that says "/usr/" with "/usr/local/".
Overview
Menu themes are a series of XML documents. The XML document defines what "buttons" are shown on each menu. Each XML document describes one menu.
First Step
The first step is to create a directory to hold the menu's XML document. If unsure, a good place is in the home folder. The directory can be called anything that is not already a theme of any kind. To find out what not to call the menu theme, use the following command in a terminal:
$ ls /usr/share/mythtv/themes
Type the following to create a directory for a menutheme in "~/mymenuthemes/mymenu".
$ cd ~ $ mkdir mymenuthemes $ cd mymenuthemes $ mkdir mymenu $ cd mymenu
It is generally a good idea to sketch out how the new menu is to be laid out. This will decrease the chance of error as well as speed up the development process.
