Advancemenu "skins"

[bloodyviking77]

Is anyone who still runs Advancemenu willing to post the relevant "skin"  section of their advmenu.rc files (i.e. the "ui" bits)?

I'm running the default colours/font at the moment and looking for inspiration!

[bloodyviking77]

bump

[Ummon]

I don't think there is a 'skin' option, outside of hacking the source. There are a few options, which are selectable within the fe by pressing tab. The only other configurable is the format/type of images shown - ie: snaps vs marquees....but I've never gotten the images to show up. The template shows, but not the marquee images. I gave up long ago. MaLa has very little system over-head that I've seen with more options and has a gui to configure by.

[tikbalang]

the matrix theme (green on black):

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ui_color help ffffff 000000
ui_color help_tag 00ff00 000000
ui_color submenu_bar 00ff00 000000
ui_color submenu_item ffffff 000000
ui_color submenu_item_select 808080 ffffff
ui_color submenu_hidden 808080 000000
ui_color submenu_hidden_select 000000 808080
ui_color menu_item ffffff 000000
ui_color menu_hidden 808080 000000
ui_color menu_tag 00ff00 000000
ui_color menu_item_select 000000 00ff00
ui_color menu_hidden_select 808080 00ff00
ui_color menu_tag_select ffffff 00ff00
ui_color bar ffffff 000000
ui_color bar_tag 00ff00 000000
ui_color bar_hidden 808080 000000
ui_color grid 00ff00 000000
ui_color backdrop 000000 808080
ui_color icon ffffff 000000
ui_color cursor ffffff 000000


[bloodyviking77]

I don't think there is a 'skin' option, outside of hacking the source.

Thanks ... You're right in that there is no easy way of changing every element of the UI. But you can specify the font, font size and colour of various elements of the UI by setting options in the advmenu.rc file.

I am interested to see what people have done with these settings ... I don't mind the visual style of the default settings, but the white/blue is a little bland for me ...

[bloodyviking77]

the matrix theme (green on black):

Thanks tikbalang!

Some googling has also turned up these:

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ui_color help black white
ui_color help_tag lightred yellow
ui_color submenu_bar lightred white
ui_color submenu_item black white
ui_color submenu_item_select lightgreen white
ui_color menu_item 8080e0 black
ui_color menu_hidden d0d0ff black
ui_color menu_tag d0d0ff black
ui_color menu_item_select gray black
ui_color menu_hidden_select gray black
ui_color menu_tag_select lightgray black
ui_color bar black black
ui_color bar_tag yellow black
ui_color bar_hidden green black
ui_color grid yellow black
ui_color backdrop darkgray black
ui_color icon yellow green
ui_color cursor lightred lightred

and

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ui_fontsize 35

ui_font "/home/mame/.advance/amiga.fnt
ui_color help ffffff 000000

ui_color help_tag 00ff00 000000
ui_color submenu_bar ffffff 323232

ui_color submenu_item ffffff 323232

ui_color submenu_item_select ffffff 0000a0

ui_color submenu_hidden a8a8a8 000000

ui_color submenu_hidden_select ffffff 0000a0

ui_color menu_item 00ff00 000000

ui_color menu_hidden 00a650 000000

ui_color menu_tag 00ff00 000000

ui_color menu_item_select ffffff 0000a0

ui_color menu_hidden_select ffffff 0000a0

ui_color menu_tag_select ffffff 0000a0

ui_color bar ffffff 000000

ui_color bar_tag ff0000 000000

ui_color bar_hidden 00adef 000000

ui_color grid 000000 000000

ui_color backdrop ff0000 000000

ui_color icon ffffff ffffff

ui_color cursor 808080 ffffff

I'm still playing around with these. If anyone's interested I'll post some screenies ...

[tikbalang]

how do you take screenshots with advmenu? i'm using the dos version.

[Ummon]

@bv: oh, right, I forgot about that.

@tik: um, I think screenshots are emulator-dependent.

[tikbalang]

@bv: oh, right, I forgot about that.

@tik: um, I think screenshots are emulator-dependent.

yes, i am familiar with F12 within mame/advmame/dmame. i have been wanting to get screenshots of my frontend setup. i can't find any details in the manual.

[bloodyviking77]

Good question ...

If you were running linux and using gnome (or running windows I believe) you can just hit "Print Screen". In DOS, I'm not sure!

[Ummon]

For Win it's Alt+print screen, which puts it on the scrap board or whatever and then you have to paste it to something like a Word document or in an image editor.