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george-lappies 06-07-2011 03:39 AM
xfce themes and other spices?
 
Hi all, the kde thread made me want to give xfce another go. The standard themes are a bit dull. I am running the proprietary ati drivers on a HD5470 so compiz and mates should not be an issue. What themes and spices do you recommended to make xfce a bit more wow?

ButterflyMelissa 06-07-2011 03:48 AM
Hi,

Look at this site...links where to get the "goods" and info on installing the stuff...

Enjoy!

Thor

Gerard Lally 06-07-2011 07:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4378574)
Hi all, the kde thread made me want to give xfce another go. The standard themes are a bit dull. I am running the proprietary ati drivers on a HD5470 so compiz and mates should not be an issue. What themes and spices do you recommended to make xfce a bit more wow?
For me the beauty of XFCE is that it is non-distracting, not dull. However, I do adjust the XFCE theme, mainly to turn off all images on toolbars and widgets like OK/Cancel buttons; to reduce the size of GTK widgets, scrollbars and pane handles; and to change window colours system-wide. I do most of this by making small changes to the gtkrc file in /usr/share/themes/xfce-*.

solarfields 06-07-2011 08:48 AM
may be a nice gtk theme?
for example, my favourite gtk engine is Murrine (http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13...sktop/murrine/) and my favourite theme for it is Gilouche (http://www.cimitan.com/murrine/node/72)

rmjohnso 06-07-2011 09:55 AM
You might want to try xfce-look.org.

I personally use this theme:

BSM Simple
http://xfce-look.org/content/show.ph...content=121685

dugan 06-07-2011 10:21 AM
Equinox GTK engine:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.p...content=121881

Equinox Evolution themes:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=140449

Faenza icons:
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.p...content=128143

And the XFWM theme of your choice:
http://xfce-look.org/index.php?xsort...ontentmode=420

george-lappies 06-07-2011 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dugan (Post 4378862)
Hi I think I am doing something wrong... I cannot get my windows to look close to the screenshots included on those pages. How do you know if it installed successfully?

george-lappies 06-07-2011 02:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by solarfields (Post 4378797)
may be a nice gtk theme?
for example, my favourite gtk engine is Murrine (http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13...sktop/murrine/) and my favourite theme for it is Gilouche (http://www.cimitan.com/murrine/node/72)
Hi, I compiled and installed the slackbuild but I cannot get the murrine theme to showup under 'window manager'...

solarfields 06-07-2011 02:21 PM
you need to additionally install the Murrine Theme

untar it and put it in ./themes in you home

dugan 06-07-2011 03:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4379043)
Hi I think I am doing something wrong... I cannot get my windows to look close to the screenshots included on those pages. How do you know if it installed successfully?
The themes will show up in Xfce's theme chooser if you've installed them successfully.

If they don't look right, start a GTK app from an XTerm. If there's a problem with the theme (e.g. a missing theme engine), then you'll see an error message saying so, in the XTerm.

The Equinox engine needs to be compiled. SBo has a SlackBuild for an earlier version, but I always just use src2pkg.

The Equinox Evolution themes get untarred in ~/.themes. They're what you should see in your theme chooser.

Icons get untarred into ~/.icons and should also show up in your theme chooser. There might further instructions in the archive (I can't remember).

If you continue to have problems with the themes I linked to, then post screenshots of what you do have.

yuuko 06-07-2011 03:01 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4379069)
Hi, I compiled and installed the slackbuild but I cannot get the murrine theme to showup under 'window manager'...
The theme for xfwm4 is not in that package.
Here it is: Gilouche-xfwm4.tar.bz2

Cheers,

george-lappies 06-08-2011 12:58 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by yuuko (Post 4379115)
The theme for xfwm4 is not in that package.
Here it is: Gilouche-xfwm4.tar.bz2

Cheers,
aah thanks!!! that worked :)

george-lappies 06-08-2011 01:02 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan (Post 4379114)
The themes will show up in Xfce's theme chooser if you've installed them successfully.

If they don't look right, start a GTK app from an XTerm. If there's a problem with the theme (e.g. a missing theme engine), then you'll see an error message saying so, in the XTerm.

The Equinox engine needs to be compiled. SBo has a SlackBuild for an earlier version, but I always just use src2pkg.

The Equinox Evolution themes get untarred in ~/.themes. They're what you should see in your theme chooser.

Icons get untarred into ~/.icons and should also show up in your theme chooser. There might further instructions in the archive (I can't remember).

If you continue to have problems with the themes I linked to, then post screenshots of what you do have.
Thanks, it is working now as well :)

george-lappies 06-08-2011 05:11 AM
Hi all, is there a way to make the kde apps look exactly like the gtk apps?

yuuko 06-08-2011 10:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4379658)
Hi all, is there a way to make the kde apps look exactly like the gtk apps?
This post will sort you out.

george-lappies 06-08-2011 02:25 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by yuuko (Post 4379973)
This post will sort you out.
Hi thanks I followed the instructions in that page. However starting ark from the cli gives this:

Code:
bash-4.1$ ark
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
and it is not working...

yuuko 06-08-2011 03:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4380224)
Hi thanks I followed the instructions in that page. However starting ark from the cli gives this:

Code:
bash-4.1$ ark
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
and it is not working...
I guess a quick logout/login could solve it.
What you get from the command line if you issue 'echo $GTK2_RC_FILES'?

rmjohnso 06-08-2011 09:29 PM
Follow these instructions from AlienBOB to fix the QGtkStyle issue.

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/running-vlc-in-xfce/

george-lappies 06-09-2011 01:30 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rmjohnso (Post 4380481)
Follow these instructions from AlienBOB to fix the QGtkStyle issue.

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/running-vlc-in-xfce/
Thanks, I followed that guide but still get the same results...

solarfields 06-09-2011 01:33 AM
restart the computer

Gerard Lally 06-09-2011 01:53 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by george-lappies (Post 4379658)
Hi all, is there a way to make the kde apps look exactly like the gtk apps?
Have you tried running qtconfig? Make sure to save any changes you make.

george-lappies 06-09-2011 02:07 AM
Done all that and restarted a few times. I am using the Murine theme in xfce if that matters... Also is the kde apps supposed to look EXACTLY like the gtk apps?

solarfields 06-09-2011 02:22 AM
make sure in qtconfig you select GUI style either GTK+ or Desktop settings
also make sure you accurately followed the explanations in ALienBob's post

if you have used KDE some time ago before switching to Xfce, are you sure the KDE settings do not mess/overwrite the qticonfig settings?

george-lappies 06-09-2011 03:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by solarfields (Post 4380655)
make sure in qtconfig you select GUI style either GTK+ or Desktop settings
also make sure you accurately followed the explanations in ALienBob's post

if you have used KDE some time ago before switching to Xfce, are you sure the KDE settings do not mess/overwrite the qticonfig settings?
Hi thanks, I did use KDE before and your post made me think maybe I should delete my ~/.kde folder. After I did that I ran qtconfig aggain. That resolved my issue completely :) all my KDE apps looks like gtk apps now!

SwoleGeek 06-01-2013 01:21 PM
hello, I am confused on where the ./themes folder is. I went to /home and hit ctrl+H but there is no ./themes folder?

tuxbg 06-01-2013 03:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SwoleGeek (Post 4963564)
hello, I am confused on where the ./themes folder is. I went to /home and hit ctrl+H but there is no ./themes folder?
Just create that folder

kikinovak 06-01-2013 04:08 PM
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Here's my Slackware64 14.0 + Xfce workstation.
  • Faenza icon theme
  • Aero Mouse Cursor
  • Axe Rounded Xfwm4 theme
  • Clearlooks Phenix theme (GTK2+3)

The wallpaper (ripped from a Solaris workstation) is deliberately sober, since I work on the thing six days a week.

Cheers,

Niki

Stephen Morgan 06-01-2013 04:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by SwoleGeek (Post 4963564)
hello, I am confused on where the ./themes folder is. I went to /home and hit ctrl+H but there is no ./themes folder?
~/.themes, not ./themes

I use the Divergence A-New-Hope theme for gtk and xfwm. http://i.imgur.com/tTakiIt.png


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