From 1e70047f9fb86ec65d991f71570a9aa8ef45fc3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Rene=20P=C3=B6schl?= Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 14:35:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add installation description and modedit, pcbnew sections to README --- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b8f20c6..1d3405d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ Want to change the color scheme of KiCad? Look here for inspiration. +## How to use a colour theme. + +Every theme directory contains the colour definition parts of the eeschema and pcbnew setup files found in your personal profile. +- For Linux under ~.config/kicad/ +- Windows XP: “C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) +- Windows Vista & later: “C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming” + kicad (= %APPDATA%\kicad) +- OSX: The user’s home directory + /Library/Preferences/kicad + +Use a text editor to overwrite the relevant sections with the data found in the files in this folder. **Make sure you create a backup first.** + +The pcbnew config file content has been split into the sections responsible for the footprint editor and the one for pcbnew. This is done to allow you to more easily mix and match different schemes for different tools. + ## eeschema color-scheme | screenshot @@ -11,3 +23,12 @@ color-scheme | screenshot **solarized-light** *http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized* | ![Light theme based on solarized](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pointhi/kicad-color-schemes/master/solarized-light/eeschema.png) **sw** | ![simple black/white theme](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pointhi/kicad-color-schemes/master/sw/eeschema.png) +## pcbnew +color-scheme | screenshot +-----------------------------------------------------------|----------- +**kicad-default** | ![Default theme by KiCad](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pointhi/kicad-color-schemes/master/kicad-default/pcbnew.png) + +## footprint editor +color-scheme | screenshot +-----------------------------------------------------------|----------- +**kicad-default** | ![Default theme by KiCad](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pointhi/kicad-color-schemes/master/kicad-default/footprint_editor.png)