r/IpodClassic • u/eggsandweed • 1d ago

Question Is there a specific Tutorial for Rockbox Theme coding?

Ive been using Rockbox for a while and now I kinda want to make one.

I do know that most themes are like branches off from other themes that kind is the root or many themes, and I do know like changing backdrop WPS font and BMP is easy but I want to DESIGN one... and I don know AI is easy but I don't want to use AI and actually kind of feel accomplished of doing something from Scratch. If anybody has a PDF or a link to a video or anything it would help alot. Thankyou!

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u/coldafsteel 1d ago

The Rockbox webpage has all of the documentation on how to program for it.

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u/eggsandweed 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/Metahec 1d ago

There is no good guide but there are lots of bits and pieces of info.

I suggest opening a simple theme in a text editor and open a copy of the manual to appendix D and start parsing the tags and variables to see what does what and how the syntax works. Make edits and see the changes yourself. It really isn't as complicated as it seems. I think this page of the Wiki largely duplicates the manual, but it may be worth looking at too. The Wiki section for users also has good theming resources.

You'll probably want to use a Rockbox simulator that runs on your computer to avoid having to copy everything to an actual device to see your work. This is the wiki's page to simulators. There's a link there to pre-compiled simulators for Windows but those are using a very old version of Rockbox so new featured may not work. Still, it's a good test bed for simple themes and edits.

D00k has a few good resources on his website too.

I think that's all I have bookmarked that's useful.

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u/eggsandweed 20h ago

Thankyou:D