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I absolutely abhor the look of Gnome applications while I am running KDE. I've tried changing the GTK Styles and Fonts settings in the KDE control center but it doesn't do anything. How do I change it to one of the themes that come with Gnome?
I don't have Gnome installed so I can't use gnome-control-center. But anyways, I understand my problem. In the KDE GTK Styles and Fonts panel, I had two choices: QtCurve and Raleigh. Previously I had QtCurve on and I didn't like the look (it tries to emulate KDE's plastik but fails miserably). Then I tried to switch to Raleigh, but nothing happened. I now know why. The gtkrc file for Raleigh is a blank file with the comment
Code:
#
# This theme is the default theme if no other theme is selected.
#
It has no style commands in it whereas QtCurve does. That's why KDE couldn't change to the Raleigh look and feel.
I've tried to download some other styles from the gnome-look.org website. Some work partially, some don't work at all. All the themes seem to rely on Bluecurve, Clearlooks, or some other theme engine, and I guess those are incompatible with KDE. I guess I just have to stick with QtCurve for now, or install Gnome. If you have any suggestions for a good theme that's compatible with KDE, please let me know.
you can download any gtk theme and extract it to your ~/.themes folder. then you can change it pretty easily. there are two ways. First, theres gtk-chtheme, which is an app with no dependencies other than gtk. It can change your gtk theme to any theme in your ~/.themes folder. You can also edit fonts with that app too. Other wise you can directly edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. Adding line like
Code:
include "/path/to/theme's/gtkrc"
along with all the other stuff you'd need in that file. I reccomend gtk-chtheme.
I've tried installing gtk-qt-engine on my openSUSE 10.2, but it conflicts with kcm_gtk (This I am guessing is the kde gtk styles and fonts module. Should I uninstall kcm_gtk?
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you can download any gtk theme and extract it to your ~/.themes folder. then you can change it pretty easily. there are two ways. First, theres gtk-chtheme, which is an app with no dependencies other than gtk. It can change your gtk theme to any theme in your ~/.themes folder. You can also edit fonts with that app too. Other wise you can directly edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. Adding line like
Code:
include "/path/to/theme's/gtkrc"
along with all the other stuff you'd need in that file. I reccomend gtk-chtheme.
. Yeah the kde GTK styles and fonts module does exactly that. Still some gtk themes that I have installed still don't work. Also most gtk themes use metacity, which don't have a gtkrc file.
. Yeah the kde GTK styles and fonts module does exactly that. Still some gtk themes that I have installed still don't work. Also most gtk themes use metacity, which don't have a gtkrc file.
Could you be lacking the engines? Gtk is not dependent on metacity. You can open a gtk app in Kwin.
I've tried installing gtk-qt-engine on my openSUSE 10.2, but it conflicts with kcm_gtk (This I am guessing is the kde gtk styles and fonts module. Should I uninstall kcm_gtk?
Thats what I did on my Suse 10.2 installation. If you select gtk-qt-engine for installation in YAST, I think kcm_gtk will be automatically marked for deinstallation.
Well I have installed gtk-qt-engine and it works, although there are some flaws. How is it that when running Gnome all your KDE apps look normal, but GTK apps in KDE look like crap?
I think I am lacking the engines. I know GTK isn't dependent on metacity, but the themes are.
The gnome/gtk themes are not dependent on Metacity. If you need more gtk themes, install the gtk engines package.
Haha, sorry my mistake. I was downloading metacity themes, stupid me. I mistakenly thought that gtk themes needed metacity because I only saw a metacity folder inside the themes I downloaded. Anyways, I installed the gtk engine package and tried to load a gtk theme, but still no go.
I have been searching all over the internet to find a guide which explains how to configure apps which rely on GTK, like X-Chat. The default X-Chat theme is extremely ugly by default IMHO.
Okay, I've tried all the suggestions (even installed Gnome to try out gnome-control-center) but they don't work. It seems to me that the themes are only partially loaded. Some elements of a GTK app are changed like the progress bar and check boxes, but the rest is still the ugly default theme.
Also, whenever I load the Smart package manager, the gtk themes work correctly! It is the only GTK program that loads the entire theme.
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