Selecting a gtk2 theme but having no gnome

dienadel · 2006-12-12 16:14:40

Hi, i use KDE, but, i use firefox and bitorrent oficial client too, which are GTK based apps. I don't have gnome at all.

The question is if i could use some GTK2 nice theme, and "beautify" that two apps, and, how could do it?

thanks

Dienadel

martti1 · 2006-12-12 16:18:21

Install gtk-theme-switch2.

hugin · 2006-12-12 16:26:38

[gibson] ~ $ pacman -S gtk-qt -s
extra/gtk-qt-engine 0.7-2
    A GTK engine which makes your GTK2 Apps match your QT theme

That might be what you are looking for. But I don't run KDE (or any QT for that matter), so I'm not totally sure if there is something else (read theme) you need to install to make that work.

Otherwise you could always use gtk-theme-switch to change your default gtk theme, to one that is more "beautiful". Personally I hacked a theme, to make clearlooks use greys, uses the Tango icons, and the Neutral cursor.

martti1 · 2006-12-12 16:29:33

Oh sorry, I didn't even completely read his post. I'm also using gtk-qt-engine and it's quite good, there's also something called metatheme, but I haven't tried it.

dienadel · 2006-12-12 16:44:22

Thanks all, i'll give a try to all your ideas!

iphitus · 2006-12-12 23:44:35

I find switch2 pretty buggy, try gtk-chtheme, much more reliable.

hugin · 2006-12-13 00:41:37

iphitus wrote:

I find switch2 pretty buggy, try gtk-chtheme, much more reliable.

This is not the first time someone has said this about switch2/gtk-theme-switch (it's the same prog for those who are unenlightened). I really have no idea why. I've personally never had a problem with it. It always does what it was supposed to. Not trying to start a war or anything just an honest curiosity as my experience with it has differed so much.

iphitus · 2006-12-13 01:29:53

hugin wrote:

iphitus wrote:
I find switch2 pretty buggy, try gtk-chtheme, much more reliable.
This is not the first time someone has said this about switch2/gtk-theme-switch (it's the same prog for those who are unenlightened). I really have no idea why. I've personally never had a problem with it. It always does what it was supposed to. Not trying to start a war or anything just an honest curiosity as my experience with it has differed so much.

When I used to use it, it generated a gtkrc, but just never put the correct path to the theme I was setting up into the gtkrc. Usually it put something like:

include "<undefined>/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

It's been a while since I used it, but the behaviour should be the same since it hasnt had a release, and is practically unmaintained. It also doesnt have a GUI to set fonts, uses multiple windows (which is an irritation on a tiled wm). And offers no room for user configs either, as it just clobbers the gtkrc each time it changes.

Give gtk-chtheme a go, it works, it previews the theme in the same window, it allows you to choose your font in gui, and is setup to include user's configs in ~/.gtkrc.mine -- and doesnt clobber them when changing theme.

James

hugin · 2006-12-13 05:14:48

Are we talking about the same program?

switch2 lets you set the font in it's GUI; you just have to click that big blue + sign to bring down the option. And as far as using unmaintained software, well ... i still run sawfish, which i think hasn't been updated in like 3, going on 4, years... if you go by the sourceforge download link. But hey, I'll give it a go, can't hurt anything to check out all the options.

thanks for the info,

/swogs

iphitus · 2006-12-13 07:31:55

hugin wrote:

Are we talking about the same program?
switch2 lets you set the font in it's GUI; you just have to click that big blue + sign to bring down the option. And as far as using unmaintained software, well ... i still run sawfish, which i think hasn't been updated in like 3, going on 4, years... if you go by the sourceforge download link. But hey, I'll give it a go, can't hurt anything to check out all the options.
thanks for the info,

/swogs

ah, missed the font thing. spose it's not as obvious as: http://plasmasturm.org/code/gtk-chtheme/

As for sawfish, go for it! Use what works best for you, and that applies to wm's especially.

James

Romashka · 2006-12-14 14:37:25

There are also gtk2_prefs (community) and twf (unsupported).

kamagurka · 2006-12-15 12:30:49

Hmm, I never tried gtk2_prefs and was never satisfied with gtk_switch(2). Is it any good?

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Selecting a gtk2 theme but having no gnome

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