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Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - Claudio L. - 08-26-2021 08:55 PM newRPL for Prime G1 was just released, with an ugly black and white color scheme. But, a color theming engine was included in the release, together with 4 sample color themes. This contest is to select the best color scheme to set as the new default for newRPL. How to participate (no need for an actual HP Prime!): * Download and install newRPL Desktop on a PC * Use the menus to get to the theme editor and change colors. * Use the Apply button to test how it looks on the simulated screen. * Use the Save button to save a newRPL object that can be installed on any newRPL calc. * Attach the file to a post in this thread (you'll need to rename the file and add a .txt extension, since .nrpl files aren't allowed as attachments on this forum). To view a color theme done by others: * Get to the Theme Editor on the PC * Select Open and point it to the file you just downloaded from this thread. * Press Apply to see it in action To install it on a physical HP Prime: * Use newRPL Desktop and use the Stack menu to open a file and place it on level 1 of the stack. * Point it to the color theme file saved by the Theme Editor (a list with hex numbers (colors) will show up on the stack) * [Optional] To install it to the simulated screen, just press Enter to DUP it and type SETTHEME. * Connect your HP Prime, connect through the USB port (see the Wiki if in doubt). Once connected get to next step. * Type USBSEND on the PC to send the list to the calc. * On the calc type SETTHEME. We will collect color themes until 9/30/2021. Then if the winner isn't clear, there will be a poll to vote on your favorite. The winner of the contest will win a thank you post on this forum!! and the pride of seeing his/her creation on every newRPL Prime machine out there. Attached to this post are the 4 examples that come with newRPL Desktop. Use them as inspiration or completely ignore. RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - BINUBALL - 08-27-2021 01:01 PM It looks very interesting challenge for me. My current progress of making simple, white color theme… [attachment=9759] Theme file not attached yet. Off-Topic) This thread will be my 100th thread! RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - Claudio L. - 08-27-2021 01:38 PM (08-27-2021 01:01 PM)BINUBALL Wrote: It looks very interesting challenge for me. My current progress of making simple, white color theme… Looks nice. One thing I didn't mention before: please make sure you set every color, like inverted menus, help color and background, etc. To test inverted menus you can set/clear flags -15 and -16 for menu1 and 2 respectively. RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - BINUBALL - 08-28-2021 03:16 AM (08-27-2021 01:38 PM)Claudio L. Wrote:(08-27-2021 01:01 PM)BINUBALL Wrote: It looks very interesting challenge for me. My current progress of making simple, white color theme… What exactly inverted menus do? RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - Claudio L. - 08-30-2021 12:29 AM (08-28-2021 03:16 AM)BINUBALL Wrote: What exactly inverted menus do? Just look different! I like to keep my directories inverted and my commands normal, so I know which ones are my variables. It's inverted on the 50g (white menus), on the Prime of course we are free to make them any color. RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - JoJo1973 - 09-04-2021 06:31 PM Hi Claudio, this contest is what I needed to return to activity on the forum... Lately I've also purchased a second hand G1 Prime just to test NewRPL on the real thing! (I must admit I'm impressed by it... It's a nice thing that it can dual boot NewRPL and original OS!) To pay tribute to HP long standing rivals I was inspired by TI's greatest achievement in computer technology: the TI99/4A Home Computer, so here's a sneak preview of the TI Prime! [attachment=9781] The theme doesn't include all TI9918/A video chip colors but tries to recreate the look & feel of the venerable machine. Some observations: 1) Palette entry #23 (Stack: Selected items text) is not implemented 2) Neither are entries #40 and #41 (Action on pressed menus) 3) Since forms are not implemented it's a bit difficult to judge how the colors match: could the empty app screen be replaced by a crude mock-up just for the show? 4) The error messages share the same area (and therefore the same colors) of the help area: wouldn't it be better to allow different colors? 5) A GETTHEME command? BTW the 4 example themes are very nice: Claudio, will you hard-code them in newRPL as you did with the fonts? RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - erazor - 09-04-2021 07:38 PM (09-04-2021 06:31 PM)JoJo1973 Wrote: To pay tribute to HP long standing rivals I was inspired by TI's greatest achievement in computer technology: the TI99/4A Home Computer, so here's a sneak preview of the TI Prime!And I thought that's a Super Mario theme... RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - JoJo1973 - 09-04-2021 09:43 PM No point having all those colours if you don't use them ??? RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - BINUBALL - 09-22-2021 01:50 AM (08-27-2021 01:01 PM)BINUBALL Wrote: It looks very interesting challenge for me. My current progress of making simple, white color theme… theme file attached. but it is not finished design. RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - BINUBALL - 10-06-2021 10:59 AM I wonder whether or not this contest is over. RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - Claudio L. - 10-06-2021 06:49 PM (10-06-2021 10:59 AM)BINUBALL Wrote: I wonder whether or not this contest is over. Yes, but with only 2 entries there isn't much choice. One is very colorful, the other one very white. I guess you are the winner with the white theme. Doesn't exactly show the advantages of having a full color screen, but visually it's more subtle and appealing. I'll change the default to your theme for the next official build. Congrats!! RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - JoJo1973 - 10-06-2021 08:41 PM BINUBALL, congratulations for the victory! Unfortunately I can't contribute to the great sequence of italian victories in 2021, anyway a silver medal is a silver medal! I release for the posterity my champion... Happy calculations! RE: Contest - color themes for newRPL - Prime G1 - BINUBALL - 10-07-2021 01:29 PM Thank you for all. Will there be any credits for this? I wonder. |