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Lowra

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Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Gedit looks ugly under Openbox (Gtk3 related ?)

Hello,

Here's my problem: I use some gtk applications which looks nice like emesene, but I also use a few others which are kinda ugly like gedit. Maybe my gtk2.0 apps are OK, while my gtk3.0 apps aren't.

I found this topic and this one.
However, the first one sound to be quite old, I think things have moved since gnome3.0 was in testing, and the second one, well, I don't really understand what do I have to do, and where do I have to do it.

That's why I'm asking for help right now.

Thanks !

Pres

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Registered: 2011-09-12

Posts: 423

Re: Gedit looks ugly under Openbox (Gtk3 related ?)

Not sure if this will work for you, but to get GTK3 themes working in KDE4 I had to create a symlink to the theme folder:

ln -s /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/gtk-3.0

Adapt it to your theme and see if it works.

2Karl

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From: Daventry, UK

Registered: 2012-03-26

Posts: 62

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Re: Gedit looks ugly under Openbox (Gtk3 related ?)

If the symlink approach doesn't work, try editing .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

Something like:

[Settings]
gtk-theme-name = YourThemeHere
gtk-fallback-icon-theme = gnome

Should see you right (Obviously you'll need to have the relevant GTK3 theme installed - not all GTK2 themes have a GTK3 counterpart). you could also try using GTK2 alternatives (Geany in place of Gedit for example).

Last edited by 2Karl (2012-05-02 09:44:46)

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kerios

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Registered: 2011-06-08

Posts: 17

Re: Gedit looks ugly under Openbox (Gtk3 related ?)

copy the contents of your themes gtk-3.0 to your /home/user/.config/gtk-3.0 folder