So I found out what the problem is here. It actually doesn't appear to be a gtk-qt-engine specific problem at all, but rather a recent change somewhere in KDE itself. Apparently what's changed is this:
It used to be in KDE that no matter how you launched a GTK-based app (i.e., whether from the command line, from the "Run Command ..." dialog, or from double-clicking on a .desktop file or selecting a menu item) the app would automatically inherit the colors from the current KDE theme. However, in the latest updates, GTK apps will only inherit the theme's colors when you launch them from a .desktop file or menu item. If you launch them from either the command line or the "Run command ..." box, the KDE theme's colors will be ignored and they will appear in "standard" colors: black text on a gray window. I don't know if this is a bug or a "feature", but nevertheless this is how it is now. By the way, you might be wondering then why I originally saw the problem on only one of my Arch boxes and not all of them. Actually the problem *is* occurring on all my boxes. I just didn't see it because on one of the machines I routinely launch my frequently-used apps via custom links I set up to .desktop files. On the other boxes, though, I don't have these and so usually use "Run command ..." instead. Anyway, I'm mostly posting this info just for follow-up purposes, so that someone else who encounters this might have some idea what's going on. I doubt that this would be considered much of a "bug" by the KDE devs. And even if it was, I wouldn't have the foggiest idea which part of KDE to file the bug on. Still if anyone has any additional thoughts about this issue, please chime in. Thanks, DR David Rosenstrauch wrote: > I'm having a weird issue with the latest gtk-qt-engine (and/or other > recent updates). > > I run KDE, with a custom theme (white text on dark blue window > backgrounds), and using gtk-qt-engine (set to the "Raleigh" style). Up > until recently, GTK-based apps would all inherit these color and style > settings. E.g., Firefox would render as white on blue, and using the > Raleigh style. > > And on one of my Arch boxes it still does work that way - even after the > recent updates. > > However, on 2 of my other Arch boxes, it doesn't. Although Firefox will > use the Raleigh style, it won't inherit the blue and white color > settings. Rather, it renders using "standard" Firefox colors: black > text on a grey window. > > Firefox isn't the only GTK app this happens with either. Thunderbird > and Pan also render this way. (Although a few other GTK apps don't seem > to exhibit this problem, such as Gaim and Eclipse.) > > I'm not sure what's different about the one box that this does work > properly on. I'm assuming it must be some weirdo config setting, but I > have no idea what. > > Anyone else seeing this and/or have a workaround? Obviously it's only a > cosmetic issue, but I use my machines heavily and much prefer the dark > backgrounds and so would like to get it fixed. > > Tnx, > > DR _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
