LibreOffice looks ugly - Part II

foss.linux · 2010-10-01 10:39:33

I have installed LibreOffice, but GUI look so ugly...
what I must do to fix this problem?
thanks

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karol · 2010-10-01 12:01:24

@ foss.linux
Please post thumbnails only.
Define 'ugly'.

foss.linux · 2010-10-01 12:26:16

I'm sorry..
I will fix in my next posting

.:B:. · 2010-10-02 16:27:02

Apparenlty posts over multiple pages can't be selected for splitting, I split off posts. The 'lost' posts didn't add anything essential anyway .

Your question has nothing to do with the subject of the OpenOffice > LibreOffice thread. It wasn't a problem-solving topic; nor was it yours to hijack.

foss.linux wrote:

I have installed LibreOffice, but GUI look so ugly...
what I must do to fix this problem?
thanks
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My Screenshot

Jimi · 2010-10-03 03:51:47

Try using a different icon set in LibreOffice. Tools > Options > View.
That and maybe a new GTK theme.

stefanwilkens · 2010-10-03 08:57:55

looks fine to me

dugan · 2010-10-03 17:14:36

Put the following in your .Xdefaults:

Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb

Some notes:

I think the lcddefault filter is available even with stock packages now. That should be fine
The Xft.dpi line should be the same value as your X server.
The other lines should be set to the same values as Fontconfig.

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anonymous_user · 2010-10-03 17:17:11

I do think the problem the OP is seeing is the GTK theme not being used, not the font rendering.

dugan · 2010-10-03 19:01:21

Setting OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome helps.

It works with OpenOffice. I assume it works with LibreOffice too.

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Sadface · 2010-10-04 00:19:19

dugan wrote:

Setting OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome helps.
It works with OpenOffice. I assume it works with LibreOffice too.

Assumption wrong - tried it

JerichoKru · 2010-10-04 20:59:47

Sadface wrote:

dugan wrote:
Setting OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome helps.
It works with OpenOffice. I assume it works with LibreOffice too.
Assumption wrong - tried it

Also confirming, doesn't work.

bhante · 2010-10-05 03:50:17

install glitz

eDio · 2010-10-05 04:25:36

This sw looks exactly like it is running under wine.
May there be a trick, like with the the google's picasa?
And another assumption: are you sure, that LibreOffice uses gtk? It may use another graphical toolkits, and thus, you're not capable of doing anything to beautify this.

Sadface · 2010-10-06 10:47:26

eDio wrote:

And another assumption: are you sure, that LibreOffice uses gtk? It may use another graphical toolkits, and thus, you're not capable of doing anything to beautify this.

It's a fork of OpenOffice, thus it's using one of those Java libraries and thus can emulate GTK. I suppose.

JerichoKru · 2010-10-07 17:42:21

bhante wrote:

install glitz

Why would an office suite need opengl?

and no this doesn't work.

bhante · 2010-10-11 15:52:03

ldd /opt/libreoffice3/basis3.3/program/libvclplug_gtkli.so | grep glitz

refer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1584010&page=2

riivo · 2011-01-01 14:36:24

It's a problem for me as well. Any other ideas?

googgah · 2011-01-16 09:51:49

dugan wrote:

Put the following in your .Xdefaults:

Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb

dugan's method works fine for me, but with some addition: afaik, last xorgs ignores .Xdefaults/.Xresources so you have to load it manually

1. put one line in your .xinitrc:

xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
exec ..... (yourlovelyDEhere)

and restart X'es

...or, just to check it:
2. make some some executable script file with the following stuff:

echo "Xft.dpi: 96" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.antialias: 1" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.hinting: 1" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.hintstyle: hintfull" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.rgba: rgb" | xrdb -merge

run it and restart libre

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xangelux · 2011-02-11 18:46:11

googgah wrote:

dugan wrote:
Put the following in your .Xdefaults:
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintfull
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb
dugan's method works fine for me, but with some addition: afaik, last xorgs ignores .Xdefaults/.Xresources so you have to load it manually
1. put one line in your .xinitrc:
xrdb -merge .Xdefaults
exec ..... (yourlovelyDEhere)
and restart X'es
...or, just to check it:
2. make some some executable script file with the following stuff:
echo "Xft.dpi: 96" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.antialias: 1" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.hinting: 1" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.hintstyle: hintfull" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" | xrdb -merge
echo "Xft.rgba: rgb" | xrdb -merge
run it and restart libre

This works, please mark this as [SOLVED]

Zibi1981 · 2011-03-06 10:11:25

It works great, but I wonder if this is possible to achieve without making any scripts, just in KDE settings.

Shanto · 2011-10-28 08:00:36

Sounds like you forgot "libreoffice-gnome" or "libreoffice-kde4" - they under the group "libreoffice". Depending on your DE, you may need at least one of them.

fsckd · 2011-11-01 04:41:09

Hi Shanto, this counts as necro-bumping as I don't think libreoffice-{gnome,kde4} existed when this thread was active. (Feel free to email me with evidence if I'm wrong.)
Closing.

ewaller · 2011-11-01 04:41:30

Moderator note: This thread is getting pretty dated. (7 months old). Its a close call, but I think this falls under this policy

I am going to close the thread.

ewaller · 2011-11-01 04:42:25

Good morning fsckd

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