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#1 2008-10-18 20:16:52

Dieter@be
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[Solved] Gtk applications very ugly when not running Xfce.

Hi, when I was running Xfce, all Gtk applications looked pretty good.
Now I'm taking the lightweight road (just fusion-icon and tint in the ~/.xinitrc ) and all my gtk applications look more ugly.  (iirc I selected a non-default skin in the Xfce configuration when still running Xfce, but what I see now is uglier then the default in Xfce I think)
What's this?  I don't know much about gtk, theming etc.  Is it reasonable easy to get goot looking gtk applications when not running a gtk DE ?

Last edited by Dieter@be (2008-10-18 23:08:43)


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#2 2008-10-18 21:54:50

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Re: [Solved] Gtk applications very ugly when not running Xfce.

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#3 2008-10-18 22:34:04

smakked
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Re: [Solved] Gtk applications very ugly when not running Xfce.

I recommend using Lxappearance works well.


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#4 2008-10-18 23:08:24

Dieter@be
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Re: [Solved] Gtk applications very ugly when not running Xfce.

Thanks, that did it indeed.  It suprises me though, that the gtk theme is so dependent on a DE running or not.  I was assuming gtk theme configuration was independent from that.


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#5 2008-10-19 00:49:10

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Re: [Solved] Gtk applications very ugly when not running Xfce.

You can add this to ~/.gtkrc-2.0 instead of installing those theme switchers (or /usr/share/themes if applicable):

include "/home/<user>/.themes/<Theme>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

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