I decided that the pop-overs were almost exactly as annoying/ugly as Clippy was in MS Office 97 so the buttons/coloring are matched to look exactly like that.
To install the cursors copy the folders in `Cursors` to `/usr/share/icons` or `~/.icons`.
In XFCE select Settings -> Mouse and Touchpad. Click on 'Icons' and select `Chicago95`.
### Fonts
Copy the folder `Fonts/vga_font` to `~/.fonts/truetype/` if the `.fonts/truetype` folder doesn't exist just create it before you copy the files.
Update your font cache: sudo fc-cache -f -v
In xfce-term selet the font `Less Perfect DOS VGA` or `More Pefect DOS VGA`.
### Terminal
Copy the file `Extras/Chicago95.theme` to `~/.local/share/xfce4/terminal/colorschemes` (create the colorschemes folder if it doesn't exist: `mkdir .local/share/xfce4/terminal`).
Under preferences in xfce-term select 'Colors.' Under `Presets` you should see `Chicago 95`.
To get the MS-DOS `C:\>` prompt and startup message add the contents of `Extras/DOSrc` to your `.bashrc` file: `cat Extras/DOSrc >> ~/.bashrc`.
If you want a classic style start button for the Whisker Menu or Application-Menu plugins instead of it defaulting to only an icon without the button borders, there are a few steps required to set this up.
I didn’t include this in the installer script because there’s too much potential for it to go wrong.
Note: Your panel has to be 32px high if you wish to have the classic style Start button. If it’s any other size, the button won’t look correct. You’re more than welcomed to make your own Start button.
This is a work around because I’ve been unable to find a more sane means of making something that should be so simple to work...
1. Go to this directory on your system. `/home/$USER/.themes/Chicago95-custom/gtk-2.0/`
2. You will see a file named `panel.rc` and another one named `panel.rc.alt`. Rename `panel.rc` to `panel.rc.bak`. Rename `panel.rc.alt` to `panel.rc`.
3. Open the properties menu of either Whisker Menu or Application Menu and change the icon. The Start Button is located in the following directory: `/home/$USER/.themes/Chicago95-custom/gtk-2.0/panel/`. Select the file name `start-button.png`.
4. The icon will appear crunched. Log out and log back in or run `xfce4-panel -r` to reset the panel interface. The icon should appear a regular size.
Copy the `pulseaudio_fix.css` file from the `gtk-3.0 Override` directory into `/home/$USER/.config/gtk-3.0/` (This will fix the oversized pulse audio button and battery icon in the panel.)
Next, execute the following command as a regular user to import the pulseaudio fix:
1. Panel 1. Horizontal, 32px high ONLY, and 100% Length. Below or above and it won’t look correct. (Make sure you set the background style to "None" so that it inherits the theme style.)
2. Application Menu;
3. Separator (Handle Style);
4. Custom Launcher, Custom Launcher, Custom Launcher, etc.
5. “Show Desktop” plugin;
6. Separator (Handle Style);
7. Window Buttons (Sorting Order: Timestamp and Window Grouping is Always. Uncheck “Show Handle” if it’s enabled.);
8. Separator (Transparent with Expanding);
9. Separator (Handle Style);
10. Notification Area (19px max icon size);
11. PulseAudio Plugin (Uncheck mark "Show Notifications when volume changes." it will conflict with XFCE notifiyd by making duplicate volume notifications);
12. Separator (Transparent);
13. Orage Panel Clock. ( In settings, enable check box “Show frame” and replace the text in “Line 1” with %I:%M %p.)
Disable shadows in compositing for an authentic appearance, or at the very least disable “show shadows under dock windows” to prevent dark shading from the panel bar overlapping onto maximized applications.
For the icon theme, I made a small adjustment that replaces the MS Windows logos with tux penguins. You can install this if you want. To install it, copy the `Chicago95-tux` directory into “/home/$USER/.icons.”
