rmskin-builder 2.0.4

A script that will attempt to assemble a validating Rainmeter skin package for quick and easy distribution on Github.

rmskin-action

A Github Action that packages a repository's Rainmeter content into a validating .rmskin file for Rainmeter's Skin Installer.

Deployments

There various ways to employ this software (written in Rust).

Github Actions

name: RMSKIN Packager

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    tags: '*'
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  build-n-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout this Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # Run this rmskin-action
      - name: Run Build action
        id: builder
        uses: 2bndy5/rmskin-action@v2.0.4

      # Upload the asset (using the output from the `builder` step)
      - name: Upload Release Asset
        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} ${{ steps.builder.outputs.arc_name }}

Python Package

Originally, this was written as a pure Python executable script. After migrating the code base to Rust, the Python package is still maintained as an FFI binding.

pip install rmskin-builder
rmskin-builder.exe --help

Rust package

A Rust crate is published to take advantage of cargo-binstall for easily installing a portable binary executable.

cargo binstall rmskin-builder
rmskin-build --help

Input/CLI options

Option	Description	Required
path	Base directory of repo being packaged. Defaults to current working path.	no
dir-out	Path to save generated rmskin package. Defaults to current working path. This can also be specified using dir_out for backward compatibility.	no
version	Version of the Rainmeter rmskin package. Defaults to last 7 digits of SHA from commit or ref/tags or otherwise x0x.y0y.	no
title	Name of the Rainmeter rmskin package. Defaults to name of repository or otherwise the last directory name in the path option.	no
author	Account Username maintaining the rmskin package. Defaults to Username that triggered the action or the git config user.name; Unknown when all else fails.	no

[!NOTE] You can use your project's RMSKIN.ini file to override any above inputs except dir-out and path.

The above arguments are also used as CLI arguments but remember to prepend -- to option's name (eg path becomes --path).

Output Variables

• arc-name: The name of the generated rmskin file saved in the path specified by dir_out input argument.
• arc_name: The same as arc-name output value. This output variable only exists for backward compatibility.

When not executed in a Github Actions workflow, then this output variable will printed to stdout as Archive name: **.rmskin.

Ideal Package Structure

Ideally, the package directory (located at path input value) can have the following files/folders:

Name	Description	Required
Skins	A folder to contain all necessary Rainmeter skins.	yes
RMSKIN.ini	list of options specific to installing the skin(s).	yes
RMSKIN.bmp	A brand/logo image displayed in the Rainmeter installer.	no
Layouts	A folder that contains Rainmeter layout files.	no
Plugins	A folder that contains Rainmeter plugins.	no
@Vault	A resources folder accessible by all installed skins.	no

[!TIP] A cookiecutter repository has also been created to facilitate development of Rainmeter skins on Github quickly.