GPE theme magic
Here are some information what do you need to create your own themes for GPE.
GPE themes consist of two parts:
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matchbox theme which covers: Window decoration, default background, menu design, desktop icons.
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GTK theme which covers application look like stock icons, button design, sliders and other widgets.
For examples just look into the basic examples on your PDA. The themes are located in /usr/share/themes.
Resources
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A nice manual about matchbox themes may be found here: http://matchbox.handhelds.org/documentation/themes/
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Gnome icon tutorial by Jakub Steiner http://developer.ximian.com/articles/tutorials/icons/output/
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About GTK themes: http://ajgenius.us/Gnome/Themes/Tutorials/?id=GTKThemes
It would be cool to get some more GTK themes packaged (and fixed to fit GPE).
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The end of http://cvs.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gpe/eyecandy/themes/gtk2-theme-angelistic/gtkrc?rev=HEAD has the important changes to fit GPE.
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How to to get and use pocketpc2003 backgrounds for GPE on HowToPpcBackground
Available Themes
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Feel free to extend this list
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My hacked version of bluebox and backgrounds - used for many screenshots in the manuals:
![[WWW]](/moin/handhelds/img/moin-www.png)
http://handhelds.org/~florian/themes
Note: More background images available here: http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=readytousebackgrounds
Backgrounds available too: 
Space like theme for gpe, mail unknown242004@yahoo.com with comments. Avaiable at http://www.xalior.com/gpespacetheme.tar.gz with thanks to Darran Rimron for hosting.
A nice background based on Gnome's ladybugs.jpg background.
480x640 version (e.g. iPaq hx4700)
Improved version for 480x640 displays - suitable for both portrait and landscape orientation (image is 640x640 pixels)
