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Update installation instructions and add a new alternative
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Darazaki committed Mar 20, 2020
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## Limitations

- You cannot change the GTK theme the usual way anymore, use `adnts`'s preferences panel instead
- Note: No modifications to your system are made, it's just that this extension will assume what is inside its preferences is the theme you want and it will always change it back to that
- You cannot change the GTK theme the usual way anymore, use `adnts`'s
preferences panel instead
- Note: No modifications to your system are made, it's just that this
extension will assume what is inside its preferences is the theme you want and
it will always change it back to that
- It can **only** change the GTK theme
- It cannot run custom scripts
- 24h format only in the preferences

## Install

Clone this repo and run `./install.sh path/to/install/dir` from the clone to
create the `[email protected]` subdirectory and copy the required files into it
Clone this repo and run `path/to/repo/install.sh path/to/install/dir` from
anywhere on your system to create the `[email protected]` sub-directory and copy
the required files into it

The `path/to/install/dir` parameter defaults to
`~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions`, the default user path where GNOME
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## Alternatives

If you're unhappy with this extension, you might want to take a look at some
alternatives :
alternatives:

- [Night Theme Switcher](https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/nightthemeswitcher-gnome-shell-extension) by rmnvgr
- [Night Theme
Switcher](https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/nightthemeswitcher-gnome-shell-extension)
by rmnvgr

> Automatically toggle between your light and dark GTK theme variants when
> Night Light activates
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> Simple, set-and-forget python application for changing between desktop themes
> according to light and dark hours
- [Dark Mode
Switcher](https://github.com/lossurdo/gnome-shell-extension-dark-mode) by
lossurdo

> Switch GNOME 3 theme to Dark Mode and back (this version supports only Adwaita
> and Adwaita-dark)
## License

This project uses the GPLv3 license (see: [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt))
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