From 7c9ae4ebc918d10fe2defb1d294ce8af0ab26b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 11:13:55 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] ... --- manual/customize.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/customize.rst b/manual/customize.rst index ceee4ece62..59475e91f2 100644 --- a/manual/customize.rst +++ b/manual/customize.rst @@ -46,17 +46,31 @@ The default values for the tweaks are reproduced below Overriding icons, templates, et cetera ---------------------------------------- -|app| allows you to override the static resources, like icons, templates, javascript, etc. with customized versions that you like. -All static resources are stored in the resources sub-folder of the calibre install location. On Windows, this is usually -:file:`C:/Program Files/Calibre2/resources`. On OS X, :file:`/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/resources/`. On linux, if you are using the binary installer -from the calibre website it will be :file:`/opt/calibre/resources`. These paths can change depending on where you choose to install |app|. +|app| allows you to override the static resources, like icons, javascript and +templates for the metadata jacket, catalogs, etc. with customized versions that +you like. All static resources are stored in the resources sub-folder of the +calibre install location. On Windows, this is usually :file:`C:/Program Files/Calibre2/resources`. +On OS X, :file:`/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/resources/`. On linux, if +you are using the binary installer from the calibre website it will be +:file:`/opt/calibre/resources`. These paths can change depending on where you +choose to install |app|. -You should not change the files in this resources folder, as your changes will get overwritten the next time you update |app|. Instead, go to -:guilabel:`Preferences->Advanced->Miscellaneous` and click :guilabel:`Open calibre configuration directory`. In this configuration directory, create a sub-folder called resources and place the files you want to override in it. Place the files in the appropriate sub folders, for example place images in :file:`resources/images`, etc. -|app| will automatically use your custom file in preference to the built-in one the next time it is started. +You should not change the files in this resources folder, as your changes will +get overwritten the next time you update |app|. Instead, go to +:guilabel:`Preferences->Advanced->Miscellaneous` and click +:guilabel:`Open calibre configuration directory`. In this configuration directory, create a +sub-folder called resources and place the files you want to override in it. +Place the files in the appropriate sub folders, for example place images in +:file:`resources/images`, etc. |app| will automatically use your custom file +in preference to the built-in one the next time it is started. -For example, if you wanted to change the icon for the :guilabel:`Remove books` action, you would first look in the built-in resources folder and see that the relevant file is -:file:`resources/images/trash.png`. Assuming you have an alternate icon in PNG format called :file:`mytrash.png` you would save it in the configuration directory as :file:`resources/images/trash.png`. All the icons used by the calibre user interface are in :file:`resources/images` and its sub-folders. +For example, if you wanted to change the icon for the :guilabel:`Remove books` +action, you would first look in the built-in resources folder and see that the +relevant file is :file:`resources/images/trash.png`. Assuming you have an +alternate icon in PNG format called :file:`mytrash.png` you would save it in +the configuration directory as :file:`resources/images/trash.png`. All the +icons used by the calibre user interface are in :file:`resources/images` and +its sub-folders. Customizing |app| with plugins --------------------------------