How to Make MorphOS Look Like OS4 - Revision history

JPV at 12:42, 1 December 2015

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 You can replace the original MorphOS icons by opening the '''Icon Information''' window for the each icon you want to replace and drag&drop a new icon over the old one. I recommend this method over the direct icon file copying to be sure that possible icon tooltypes will be preserved.
-There are many OS4 styled icon packs on the net, for example at the [http://www.amiga-look.org/ Amiga Look] site. PNG icons are recommended, but MorphOS also supports older Amiga icon formats up to Glowicons in certain degree. You may even use icons from an OS4 CD.
+There are many OS4 styled icon packs on the net, for example at the [http://www.amiga-look.org/ Amiga Look] site. PNG icons are recommended, but MorphOS also supports older Amiga icon formats up to Glowicons in certain degree. You may even use icons from an OS4 CD and [http://aminet.net/package/gfx/conv/icon2png icon2png] tool can be used to convert OS4 icons to PNG retaining tooltypes and default tool.
 '''Default icons''' (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer. You can also keep the old icons untouched and make a new drawer for the new default icons, and then redefine the path to the default icons from the '''Ambient settings''' (Miscellaneous -> Default Icons -> Path to default icons).

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 There are many OS4 styled icon packs on the net, for example at the [http://www.amiga-look.org/ Amiga Look] site. PNG icons are recommended, but MorphOS also supports older Amiga icon formats up to Glowicons in certain degree. You may even use icons from an OS4 CD.
-'''Default icons''' (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer.
+'''Default icons''' (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer. You can also keep the old icons untouched and make a new drawer for the new default icons, and then redefine the path to the default icons from the '''Ambient settings''' (Miscellaneous -> Default Icons -> Path to default icons).
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 Reducing the Ambient functionality isn't recommended, but you'll have to do it if you want to be really authentic, at least for the very default OS4 look :)
-Open the Ambient Settings application from "Settings->Ambient..." pulldown menu entry on Ambient.
+Open the '''Ambient Settings''' application from "'''Settings->Ambient...'''" pulldown menu entry on Ambient.
 * Disable the "Browser mode" option from the Window settings. This will make the Ambient windows to work in the old spatial mode without the fancy navigation buttons etc. It's the biggest step to the AmigaOS look.

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 There are many OS4 styled icon packs on the net, for example at the [http://www.amiga-look.org/ Amiga Look] site. PNG icons are recommended, but MorphOS also supports older Amiga icon formats up to Glowicons in certain degree. You may even use icons from an OS4 CD.
-Default icons (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer.
+'''Default icons''' (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer.
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 == Icons ==
-You can replace the original MorphOS icons by opening the Icon Information window for the each icon you want to replace and drag&drop a new icon over the old one. I recommend this method over the direct icon file copying to be sure that possible icon tooltypes will be preserved.
+You can replace the original MorphOS icons by opening the '''Icon Information''' window for the each icon you want to replace and drag&drop a new icon over the old one. I recommend this method over the direct icon file copying to be sure that possible icon tooltypes will be preserved.
 There are many OS4 styled icon packs on the net, for example at the [http://www.amiga-look.org/ Amiga Look] site. PNG icons are recommended, but MorphOS also supports older Amiga icon formats up to Glowicons in certain degree. You may even use icons from an OS4 CD.
-Default icons (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/ drawer.
+Default icons (for the programs without the actual icon file) can be replaced too. Those can be found from the '''SYS:Prefs/Presets/Deficons/''' drawer.
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 [[File:Drag2iconinformation.png|200px]]

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 * [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos/os41feish/OS41FEish-MUI.lha OS41FEish] MUI settings is the other option. It takes inspiration from ReAction and MUI settings in OS4.1 Final Edition and uses the button images from the FourOne archive.
-Check the readmes for the installation instructions, but after the installation you can just open the global MUI Preferences application (Settings->MUI menu entry on Ambient), click the Settings button on it, and select the appropriate preset.
+Check the readmes for the installation instructions, but after the installation you can just open the global '''MUI Preferences''' application (Settings->MUI menu entry on Ambient), click the '''Settings''' button on it, and select the appropriate preset.
 MUI can also be configured per application, if you don't want to make the settings as the global default.

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 * An unfinished archive of the [http://jpv.wmhost.com/files/fourone.lha FourOne] theme has been floating on the net and it contains a pretty good looking skin with the window shadows support. It also contains quite nice looking MUI buttons, but no MUI prefs. You can install them by unpacking the archive to SYS:
-After the installation of the skin(s), open MorphOS Preferences and select the Screens preferences. Skins are selected separately for each screen, so edit the screens you want (Ambient for example). The recently installed skins should automatically show up in the skin list.
+After the installation of the skin(s), open '''MorphOS Preferences''' and select the '''Screens''' preferences. Skins are selected separately for each screen, so edit the screens you want (Ambient for example). The recently installed skins should automatically show up in the skin list.
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 * Edit the Lister options to match the OS4 style.
-You can go more and more into details everywhere with MUI and Ambient settings. And tune the functionality besides the look too, for example by editing the Ambient pulldown menus and contextual menus of icons etc.
+You can go more and more into details everywhere with MUI, Ambient, and System settings. And tune the functionality besides the look too, for example by editing the Ambient pulldown menus and contextual menus of icons etc.
 == Example Screenshots ==

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 * Disable the "Browser mode" option from the Window settings. This will make the Ambient windows to work in the old spatial mode without the fancy navigation buttons etc. It's the biggest step to the AmigaOS look.
 * Disable the "Separate files from drawers" option in the Icon Display settings.
-* More to be added...
+* Select "None" for the Drive Info option in the Icon Display settings.
 == Example Screenshots ==