pywal integration

[array-in-a-matrix]

Is it possible to be able to get color palettes from pywal and use it to theme sites? I feel like this can be done easily but idk

[ikskuh]

Can you explain how that should work? pywall uses source images for the palette, which we don't have. Also someone has to port over the python code to C++

[array-in-a-matrix]

pywal generates color palettes and places them in $XDG_CACHE_HOME/wal. The palettes are expressed in a bunch of formats like json, css, pure text, etc. The different file formats are viewed here. We can just import one of these and make kristall use it.

[array-in-a-matrix]

I created a basic preset and managed to theme kristall using pywal, however once the theme is updated by pywal kristall won't update it automatically and need to manually readd the .kthm from $XDG_CACHE_HOME/wal/templates and load the preset.

[ikskuh]

You can generate the themes directly into the Kristall theme folder. Instead of the wal folder

[array-in-a-matrix]

Where can I find this folder exactly?

[ikskuh]

It's typically located at ~/.config/kristall/styles/ for Unixoids, different for windows and macos

[array-in-a-matrix]

I system linked the palette from cache to the config location and it works but to update the theme we have to just reapply the theme. Idk how we can make this work better. Could kristall look for the palette and system link it if it exists?