Vector Themes

[blackosx]

True. Though ~500KB of Clovy's size is font data.

 

[Slice]

There are samples how to embed PNG into svg that can be understandable by Clover.

Claxa.svg

Mac.svg

It's  a pity preview can't show Mac.svg so the Clover renderer differ from specification.

[Badruzeus]

Anyway, this is recent screenshot from Clovy theme with r4747 if it' s not set as the default (after theme switched). Thanks.

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Badruzeus

[Slice]

I know there are bugs. I will fix them next my future.

But now I want to introduce new feature: vector font drawing.

Raster theme uses only one font and currently we just rasterize SVG font to get the same state.

But using vector graphics we also can use vector font drawing so different text will be different styles.

See results

 

 

 

This is the theme and external fonts to do the work. I am not sure to commit it instead of Clovy theme. 

TestTheme.zip

[Slice]

Test dithering.

Without it and with

  

[Badruzeus]

@Slice Better svg font CharWidth with r4750 for Vector theme, many thanks.

Have a nice weekend!

Edited November 11, 2018 by Badruzeus

[Slice]

Having vector fonts we can use even Chinese

Sorry, I understand nothing here so if there is somebody knowing Chinese then you can construct a small font containing only needed glyphs to show Clover help in Chinese.

Sample svg file containing just 4 glyphs.

Chinese.svg

 

And F1 page contains more characters

      case chinese:
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"ESC - 离开子菜单， 刷新主菜单");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F1  - 帮助");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F2  - 保存 preboot.log 到 EFI/CLOVER/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F3  - 显示隐藏的启动项");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F4  - 保存原始的 DSDT 到 EFI/ACPI/origin/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F5  - 保存修正后的 DSDT 到 EFI/ACPI/origin/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F6  - 保存 VideoBios 到 EFI/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F10 - 保存截图到 EFI/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F11 - 重置 NVRAM");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F12 - 推出选中的卷 (DVD)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"空格 - 关于选中项的详情");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"数字 1-9 - 菜单快捷键");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"A - 关于");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"O - 选项");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"R - 软复位");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"U - 退出");
        break;

Same about korean.

Is there anybody wants to implement other languages?

[fusion71au]

My legacy desktop (system 2 in signature with ATI HD5770) reboots immediately after scanning volumes but before reaching Main GUI when using Clovy theme or switching to Clovy theme after commit r4750. 

 

Debug boot log attached.  System boots fine when using other themes eg BGM. 

 

My other systems have no issues booting with Clovy theme, but I noticed a stray semi colon ";"  just below the text "Boot macOS from macOS" in the screenshot of the initial GUI screen below...

 

debug_r4750.log

[Hackmac101]

On 11/12/2018 at 2:55 PM, Slice said:

Having vector fonts we can use even Chinese

Sorry, I understand nothing here so if there is somebody knowing Chinese then you can construct a small font containing only needed glyphs to show Clover help in Chinese.

Sample svg file containing just 4 glyphs.

Chinese.svg

 

And F1 page contains more characters

      case chinese:
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"ESC - 离开子菜单， 刷新主菜单");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F1  - 帮助");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F2  - 保存 preboot.log 到 EFI/CLOVER/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F3  - 显示隐藏的启动项");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F4  - 保存原始的 DSDT 到 EFI/ACPI/origin/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F5  - 保存修正后的 DSDT 到 EFI/ACPI/origin/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F6  - 保存 VideoBios 到 EFI/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F10 - 保存截图到 EFI/misc/ (FAT32)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F11 - 重置 NVRAM");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"F12 - 推出选中的卷 (DVD)");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"空格 - 关于选中项的详情");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"数字 1-9 - 菜单快捷键");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"A - 关于");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"O - 选项");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"R - 软复位");
        AddMenuInfo(&HelpMenu, L"U - 退出");
        break;

Same about korean.

Is there anybody wants to implement other languages?

I would love to help adding Chinese, but I need a guide explaining the process.

[Slice]

What guide do you need? A font containing ALL chinese hieroglyphs has a size of 36Mb. It is not reliable.

You have to choose only used hieroglyphs and reduce a font to contain only needed characters.

[blackosx]

And a reduced font loads so much faster.

Here's one I've been testing with for my upcoming BGM_SVG.

PTMono-Regular_Slim.svg

[SavageAUS]

Is the new Clovy theme still broken? Selecting it freezes GUI and clover won’t boot with it as selected theme.


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[blackosx]

Interesting... I've been working on my BGM_SVG and found that it's causing Clover to fail so I thought I'd made a mistake in my theme file somewhere.. So if Clovy is also not working then maybe it's something in Clover?? I've not checked.. I'll test with a previous revision later.

[Badruzeus]

1 minute ago, blackosx said:

Interesting... I've been working on my BGM_SVG and found that it's causing Clover to fail so I thought I'd made a mistake in my theme file somewhere.. So if Clovy is also not working then maybe it's something in Clover?? I've not checked.. I'll test with a previous revision later.

I test r4769 on VirtualBox, just found an issue after switching to Raster theme; Clovy (Vector) shows no font / blank.

On real mach however (Nvidia GT 520M Vesa) it just freezes (only after theme switch, no problem if Clovy=default).

[SavageAUS]

45 minutes ago, blackosx said:

Interesting... I've been working on my BGM_SVG and found that it's causing Clover to fail so I thought I'd made a mistake in my theme file somewhere.. So if Clovy is also not working then maybe it's something in Clover?? I've not checked.. I'll test with a previous revision later.

Well I just re tested switching to Clovy and it worked Clover 4768. Doesn’t look right though. Screenshot to follow.


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Edited November 20, 2018 by SavageAUS

[SavageAUS]

Choose Clovy theme. It will be good on large monitors.

Clovy theme for me has black bars on either side.


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[Slice]

16 minutes ago, SavageAUS said:

Clovy theme for me has black bars on either side.


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This small issue will be corrected soon.

[chris1111]

17 minutes ago, Slice said:

This small issue will be corrected soon.

Only OS icons is visible

 

This is the GUI I have in Clovy latest Clover

Edited November 22, 2018 by chris1111

[Slice]

There is a mistake in theme.svg file. "vol_internal_hfs_1_" must be "vol_internal_hfs"

[blackosx]

I am posting here a 'work-in-progress' BGM_SVG theme for testing and also so users can have another SVG theme to play with.

 

Please note that some icons are blank, or empty, while others are unfinished and need refinement. Radio buttons and checkboxes are out of alignment and some menus may not fit nicely etc. There will be many changes as I continue to work on it and I'll post updates when I can.

 

The theme works in Clover but is not yet properly configured like Clovy, so previewing in the Finder or another SVG viewer will not show a nice looking 'screenshot'.

 

I would like to hear any reports of what works, what doesn't and how it looks at different resolution etc.

 

EDIT: Attachment removed

 

Edited November 30, 2018 by blackosx

[Badruzeus]

27 minutes ago, blackosx said:

I am posting here a 'work-in-progress' BGM_SVG theme for testing and also so users can have another SVG theme to play with.

 

Please note that some icons are blank, or empty, while others are unfinished and need refinement. Radio buttons and checkboxes are out of alignment and some menus may not fit nicely etc. There will be many changes as I continue to work on it and I'll post updates when I can.

 

The theme works in Clover but is not yet properly configured like Clovy, so previewing in the Finder or another SVG viewer will not show a nice looking 'screenshot'.

 

I would like to hear any reports of what works, what doesn't and how it looks at different resolution etc.

 

BGM_SVG_v0.03a.zip

OMG, looks pretty awesome with 5K Virtual Display (5120x2880 px) yeiy 

Vector theme is interesting..!!!

Edited November 22, 2018 by Badruzeus

[blackosx]

Thanks for trying it Badruzeus. There’s lots to do yet before it’s completed but it’s a good start.

[droples]

BGM_SVGv0.03a

Z170,Rx560

 

N53SV_HD3000

 

[Slice]

On 11/20/2018 at 12:52 PM, SavageAUS said:

Is the new Clovy theme still broken? Selecting it freezes GUI and clover won’t boot with it as selected theme.


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Yes, I confirmed the bug. Debugging now...

[SavageAUS]

Black bars are fixed but the word Manager gets cut off and would prefer a different windows icon, vista was awful.

Edited November 23, 2018 by SavageAUS