Am Do., 30. Apr. 2020 um 00:32 Uhr schrieb Zander Brown <zbr...@gnome.org>: > > That's an unfortunate truth which is why I was hoping for an alternative way > to detect this. > At time of writing this, Ubuntu's the only one I've found modifying > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP and keep something indicative of Gtk inside e.g. > (ubuntu:GNOME). > > > Nothing about "ubuntu:GNOME" is "indicative of Gtk", it's stating the fact > your running Ubuntu's modified GNOME session. > > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP is supposed to indicate just that: the current desktop > environment > > Not some insight into whatever technology that desktop is using - other > variables like XDG_SESSION_TYPE do that > > Really there is 3 approaches here: > > Convince every desktop session to export "OPENJDK_HEY_IM_GTK" and look at > that. - and then wait 4/5 years for that to trickle down to users > Maintain a map of know names in OpenJDK itself > Assume all Linux based platforms use Gtk > > > When your trying to choose between Windows, GTK, Aqua, Motif & Metal the best > choice would seem to be 3 > > When KDELookAndFeel becomes a thing you can worry about detecting KDE or > LXQt, currently this is a rather academic exercise
I have no idea how the Gtk LaF is implemented in Swing and if it needs any Gtk system libraries. Wonder how it would behave if you run a KDE or Qt based desktop and no Gtk libraries are installed, _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
