added more color functionality to pyvcp widgets

Hello,

in my quest to make a dark theme ui for axis i needed to add more color functionality to pyvcp_widget.py
I added elements to most widgets.
overview of the elements added
<fg>"colorname"</fg> Font color Default "black"
<bg>"colorname"</bg> background color, Default "#e4e4e4"
<hbc>"colorname"</hbc> Highlight background color "#e4e4e4" this is kinda like a border color
<hbt>1</hbt> Highlight background thickness this is kinda like a border
<sel>"colorname"</sel> radio/check button color

Without these options you could not create a dark theme ui because around all the widgets you would see the default bright gray (the leds and bars were the worst offenders as the entire blank space around them aka the entire canvas would be the default color )colors. With the added option above you can set them to be a rainbow or just to a dark gray such as gray16.
I added to the comments of each widget so one can see what options they can set.

I have attached the file and a picture of the options.
It looks like a bit terrible but was needed to test things out.


The axis.txt is a tcl file rename to axis.tcl
File is located at /usr/share/axis/

pyvcp_widgets.py file is located at
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

found a problem of the bar not changing font colors.
Also added even more colors to the jog wheel
The dial ticks and the dial tick background colors can now be changed to better support a dark theme.
[ <dtc>"black"</dtc> ] (dial tick color)
[ <dfc>"black"</dfc> ] (dial fill color)

question whats the best way to change how much space things take up?
i would like to be able to make the preview window smaller and have more room for my pyvcp panel.
axis.tcl
axis.py
Im not super sure where to start.

Yea just got into that today and its a bit hard to wrap my head around but i am getting there.

Would it be possible to have 2 pyvcp widgets?
i would like to have one on the bottom and one on the right side.

I know enough to modify the UI slowly but going much past that is out of my skill set. wont stop me from trying but maybe someone with more skill could point it out in a few min vs the week it may take me to kludge some sort of fix.

My suggestion would be to not use axis.tcl or axis.py, or use it as little as possible, as it makes compartmentalization a lot more difficult, and makes update/distribution a lot less manageable. Most things can be done from the usercommand.py file, which keeps your axis mods contained, and makes updates/configs way easier.

2 pyvcp spots? probably need another instance or something like that if you want 2 individual pyvcp windows. My suggestion would be to keep the right side pyvcp and use the usercommand.py to add everything else. It seems like you want to do more things with axis anyways, so you might as well just jump over to usercommand. While trivial to add a button in usercommand, adding a second pyvcp seems more difficult.

i would like to be able to make the preview window smaller and have more room for my pyvcp panel.

while I cannot verify at the moment, one of my files has this line. which should do the trick, but modify the size as needed

Make a usercommand.py file
the docs for usercommand are here linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/axis.html#_user_command_file
add it to your iniand include this line in the file.
the docs for usercommand are here linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/axis.html#_user_command_file



what does it all mean? dont know exactly, but I can explain this much

Adding buttons is a little more involved, but once you do it, it is trivial after. I will post a more detailed explanation later, but heres some references to use for now,

forum.linuxcnc.org/21-axis/40373-search-bar-and-gcode-scroll
forum.linuxcnc.org/21-axis/38188-solved-...mand?start=10#192009

the usercommand files posted in these threads, have examples of my usercommand files where I have added buttons to the bottom, I most copied phillc's plasmac gui for axis, it is a much cleaner version of what I want mine to be. My intention is to make a version called regular-mac, where is has the plasma components stripped away, so one can use the userframe in the bottom left in a similar way its used for plasmac with userbuttons and i/o status

github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master...smac/plasmac_axis.py
this is my main reference for what can be done with the usercommand file.
the usercommand file is a very powerful tool for axis mods, and can do most things. I strongly recomend using it, as anytime there is an axis update, it can be a painful time updating your axis.py /axis.tlc to match the updates

Here is a good file i found as a starting point, I think ive only packed and configured new buttons/user frames for the buttons, but left all the button commands undefined


put this file in your config and add this line to your ini

Has someone an example how to change color of pyvcp panel. I attached my usercomand file. 

uhh personally I dont know, check some of the threads from askjerry a few pages back, he has some good looking pyvcp';s

to do it like aaron has, we probably need to push his updates for pyvcp_widgets.py

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/axis.html..._x_resource_database
this way might change the pyvcp colours...