chibicitiberiu/rainmeter-studio
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/chibicitiberiu/rainmeter-studio.git synced 2024-02-24 04:33:31 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

Added MeterStyle functionality:

Browse Source 
Rainy, given the "issues" listed at the bottom of this comment, I leave it to you whether to create a build using this revision or use r208 for the build.  I would like to start testing MeterStyle, but there are a few more things it needs work on.

What is MeterStyle?

MeterStyle
This will allow users to create CSS-like "Styles" for meters. This means that all the parameters of a meter can be defined in the style, and then many meters can use the style to eliminate copy / pasting the same parameters over and over on multiple meters. (Examples: FontColor=, FontSize= etc.)

How do I use it?

You will create a new [Section] (as many as you want) in the .ini. The section(s) can have any name.

[MyStringStyle]

Then you will tell Rainmeter that this is a "MeterStyle" and not a measure or meter

Style=Meter

Note: The "value" of the key "Style" can be anything. It can be used to add a description of the style if you like. Style=This style is for the AccuWeather part of this skin
It is however required, both to tell Rainmeter it is not a meter or measure and to have the MeterStyle routines parse it.

Then you define parameters you want to use in the style

FontColor=#FontColor#
FontFace=TheSansBold-Caps
FontSize=11
StringEffect=SHADOW
StringStyle=BOLD
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=1

Then in any or all meters, you just use

[MeterName]
Meter=STRING (or any other meter type)
MeterStyle=MyStringStyle

None of the parameters in the style are then required to be actually in the meter(s). They are "inherited" from the MeterStyle.

Note: This works and has had preliminary testing with dynamic variables like FontColor=[MeasureName] and regular variables like FontColor=#FontColor#. It doesn't matter if the [Variables] section or the [MeasureName] measure is before or after the [StyleName] in the .ini file.

What if I want to override a MeterStyle parameter on a meter?

Sure. Just put in any parameter with a value different from the one defined in the MeterStyle and the one in the meter will take presidence. All non-defined parameters will still use the MeterStyle value.

[MeterName]
Meter=STRING
MeterStyle=MyStringStyle
FontColor=100,100,100,50

What are these "known issues" you are on about?

This is still a bit of a work in progress. Right now you cannot define X or Y in a style. You can define W and H, but NOT for a STRING meter. You cannot define a "Transformation Matrix" in a style. MattKing will be looking into these tomorrow. W and H in a string meter is our top priority. We will also look at X and Y and hope for an easy solution. Transformation Matrix may have to come later.
This commit is contained in:
jsmorley
2009-09-04 14:48:28 +00:00
parent 863c17bd57
commit 8239919333
16 changed files with 135 additions and 115 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

3
Rainmeter.sln
View File

@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
# Visual C++ Express 2008
# Visual Studio 2008
Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Application", "Application\Application.vcproj", "{D2A0903C-E760-4134-AE61-3D55BF8F760C}"
ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
{BE9D2400-7F1C-49D6-8498-5CE495491AD6} = {BE9D2400-7F1C-49D6-8498-5CE495491AD6}
@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Global
{761BAD94-EA54-4DBD-9FF0-50FDAFECBE93}.Release64|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release64|Win32
{761BAD94-EA54-4DBD-9FF0-50FDAFECBE93}.Release64|Win32.Build.0 = Release64|Win32
{761BAD94-EA54-4DBD-9FF0-50FDAFECBE93}.Release64|x64.ActiveCfg = Release64|x64
{761BAD94-EA54-4DBD-9FF0-50FDAFECBE93}.Release64|x64.Build.0 = Release64|x64
{BCE0E543-7ADC-4E10-AD66-52E90F70ED4A}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
{BCE0E543-7ADC-4E10-AD66-52E90F70ED4A}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
{BCE0E543-7ADC-4E10-AD66-52E90F70ED4A}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32