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This is an old revision of ParisDat made by admin on 2015-12-24 23:19:55.
Getting to know the paris.dat configuration file
PARIS.dat is one of three text files in the Paris foldere which contain user-(careful)-customizable information
Besides the lovingly handcrafted (and skinnable) bitmap drawings that Paris' windows are based on, much of the remainder of PARIS' graphic "look" lies in the color scheme laid out in the file called Paris.dat (located in the app's root folder). Paris.dat can be opened with any text file editor and the colors (which are stored as RGB values like 221,85,159 etc) can be easily edited or new values pasted in. The color of many items in PARIS can be freely reassigned: fonts and menus, most of the items in the Editor Window (except for the bitmaps at the top and down the left of the screen), the text colors in the Mixer Window and colors of editor lanes and audio objects are just a few of the potential targets for "re-colorization". A proper index laying out the relationship between the colors in Paris.dat and elements of the user interface is in progress; first up will be a "RADAR-like" color scheme for the Editor Window which can be install by either replacing the Paris.dat or by cutting and pasting the relevant sections of text into one's own Paris.dat. Unlike early adventures in skinning, no adverse effects have yet been noticed from this editing (ie PARIS doesn't seem to care what color its interface elements are).
