Select default theme

[tekjar]

Hi. Is it possible to select a theme during init?

[azerupi]

You mean picking the default theme or adding a custom one?
It's not yet possible to choose which theme will be the default, but it shouldn't be to hard to add that option to the book.json configuration file.

[tekjar]

Yeah. I mean the default theme. For example I want my book to be in 'rust' theme by default.

[azerupi]

Ok, I have added this to the wishlist I will try to add this option when I am done with my exams in two weeks :)

[tekjar]

Thanks 👍 . All the best for your exams

[azerupi]

Thank you 😊

[Michael-F-Bryan]

This sounds like a nice first contribution for someone and I'd be more than happy to help with mentoring if need be.

It sounds like you'll need to do the following:

• Add an extra field to the HtmlConfig which specifies the default theme
• Tweak the index.hbs template so you can specify the default theme.
  • An easy solution would be to add an extra <script> tag at the bottom which will set the theme to our default if it hasn't already been specified in previous visits (there may be more elegant solutions).
• Update the config format's documentation to mention the new key in book.toml.

[DeltaManiac]

I'd like to work on this issue.

[Michael-F-Bryan]

@DeltaManiac awesome! Would you like a hand getting started or finding your way around the code base?

[DeltaManiac]

@Michael-F-Bryan
So i have been going through the code and have an idea of whats is going on but it would be great if yoy could give a hand.

[Michael-F-Bryan]

Sure thing! The easiest way would probably be to open a pull request and prefix its name with something like "WIP" so we know not to merge it.

That way we've got a place to discuss and can review what you've done without spamming this issue. How does that sound?

[DeltaManiac]

Yeah thats cool.
Done

[Bassetts]

It seems like this is no longer being worked on, am I ok to pick this up? Thought I should check before going ahead so I don't step on anyone's toes.

[Michael-F-Bryan]

As long as @DeltaManiac is okay with it, i don't see why you can't pick up the issue. The discussion in #497 should also contain enough information to help get you started.

[DeltaManiac]

@Bassetts You can go ahead..
This issue had totally slipped my mind somehow