• Installation Requirements
• Installing tintwizard
• How do I run tintwizard?
• How do I add tintwizard to Openbox menus?
• I cannot run tintwizard.
• Using tintwizard
• What does option do?
• How do I use my config?
• How do I replace the default config?
• My config file does not work with tint2
• How do I suggest new features?
• How do I report bugs?
• Configuring tintwizard
• What does tintwizard.conf do?
• Where is the config file located?
• Font
• Background Color
• Foreground Color
• Border Color
• Background Count

Installation Requirements

• Python 2.x
• PyGTK 2.x

Installing tintwizard

You do not have to "install" tintwizard. Just extract the files to any directory, and run as instructed below.

How do I run tintwizard?

1. Place tintwizard.py and tintwizard.conf in any folder.
2. Double-click on the tintiwzard.py file to run
3. OR In a terminal, navigate to the folder where tintwizard.py is,

and type:

./tintwizard.py

or:

python tintwizard.py

4. If neither of these steps work, please see "cannot run", below.
5. If you have a newer version of tint2 installed, run tint2conf.

How do I add tintwizard to Openbox menus?

1. Run obmenu
2. Choose the sub-menu where you wish to add tintwizard
3. Click the 'New item' button
4. In the 'Label' field, enter an appropriate name
5. Click the '...' button next to the 'Execute' field and locate the tintwizard.py file
6. Save your changes in obmenu

The above steps can be adapted for other menu types, e.g. Gnome Menu.

I cannot run tintwizard.

1. Locate tintwizard.py in your file browser.
2. Right-click on the file and select 'Properties'
3. Select the 'Permissions' tab
4. Be sure that the program has permission to be executed

1. Alternatively, open a terminal in the same directory as tintwizard.py and type:

chmod +x tintwizard.py

Using tintwizard

What does option do?

Please read the tint2 configuration guide for in depth information on what everything does.

How do I use my config?

tint2 -c PATH_TO_CONFIG_FILE

How do I replace the default config?

Navigate to $HOME/.config/tint2 and replace the file tint2rc with your config file.

My config file does not work with tint2

Are you using the most recent version of tint2?

How do I suggest new features?

If you would like to suggest a new feature for tintwizard, please file a feature request.

How do I report bugs?

File bugs here. Thank you for your support by reporting bugs.

Configuring tintwizard

What does tintwizard.conf do?

This allows you to set default values for several options within tintwizard, such as background and font color. When a new tint2 config is created, these values will be used as default.

Where is the config file located?

The config file is tintwizard.conf, in the $HOME/.config/tint2 directory.

Font

The option font is formatted like so:

font = name style size

For example:

font = Sans Bold 12

Alternatively, to not set a default font:

font = None

Background Color

The option bgColor is formatted like so:

bgColor = #rrggbb

For example:

bgColor = #ff0000

Alternatively, to not set a default background color:

bgColor = None

Foreground Color

The option fgColor is formatted like so:

fgColor = #rrggbb

For example:

fgColor = #ff0000

Alternatively, to not set a default foreground color:

fgColor = None

Border Color

The option borderColor is formatted like so:

borderColor = #rrggbb

For example:

borderColor = #ff0000

Alternatively, to not set a default foreground color:

borderColor = None

Background Count

What does this do?

This sets the default number of background styles to define.

Format

The option bgCount is formatted like so:

bgCount = number

For example:

bgCount = 3

Alternatively, to not set a default background count:

bgCount = None