From 226838d0dad8eb782350d487d184902937f2b8ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Evans Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:56:58 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for new theme system --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3c628b9..95b9301 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ The script expects the directory containing the colour scheme and the kicad conf Example: `python3 patch.py ~/kicad-color-schemes/blue-green-dark/ ~/.config/kicad/` +## JSON themes (for KiCad 6, and "5.99" nightly builds after February 2020) + +KiCad 6 is changing to a JSON-based colour theme system. Recent nightly builds already support the +new system, where each colour theme lives in a JSON file in the `colors` directory of the user +settings path (see "How to use a colour theme" above.) + +To use the JSON version of a theme, just copy the file into your `colors` directory. The next time +you run KiCad, it will detect the new theme file and you will be able to choose it in the +preferences. Each KiCad application can use a different color theme if you wish. + +In the new system, the footprint editor and PcbNew use the same color theme. If you would like to +have different colours for those two applications, the way to do it is to choose a different theme +file in the PcbNew and footprint editor preferences dialogs. + ## eeschema color-scheme | screenshot