Desc.ini

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[edit] Desc.ini

NOTE: This article is for an XML skin's desc.ini file.

This file controls how Trillian treats the skin in the skin preview window. It gives the description of your skin, location of the previews, etc. This is one of the two files that are required to have a specific name for a skin to work. (The other file is Trillian.xml.)

[edit] Example

Below are the contents of a common desc.ini file: 

[Skin]
Name=My Awesome Skin
Description=This is my awesome new skin
Author=John Smith
Link=http://www.trillian.im
Email=johnsmith@ceruleanstudios.com
Preview=preview.png
Trillian=4.0

[edit] Variables

Desc.ini defines the following variables for a skin:

  1. [Skin Type]
  2. Name
  3. Description
  4. Author
  5. Link
  6. Email
  7. Preview
  8. Trillian

[edit] Skin Type

The skin type goes at the top of the file between square brackets (like this [Skin]). The skin type can be one of the following:

  • [Skin] - A complete XML skin
  • [ContactList] - A Custom Window skin which replaces the contact list

[edit] Name

This is the name of your skin and it can be anything you like. However, it's customary to include a version number in this name so a user can easily see what version of the skin they are using. It's also useful to name your skin directory the same as your skin's name here (without the version) so they can find it on their computer easily.

[edit] Description

The description must all be contained in one line. NOTE The buffer for this is 256 characters. Any skin with a longer description will not show up in the command line /skinchooser mode of launching Trillian.

[edit] Author

The name of the author attributed to creating the skin.

[edit] Link

A URL link to your skin's website or somewhere where users can get more information about your skin.

[edit] Email

The email which users can use to contact the author of the skin.

[edit] Preview

The name of the image which will be used for skin's preview. This file should be placed in the same folder as desc.ini. Typically this file is called preview.png. This image will be displayed in the skin selection window inside Trillian's settings.

[edit] Trillian

This is the version of Trillian for which the skin was designed. If you're designing from Trillian Astra set this to 4.0

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