[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-21 11:21 --- As the author of Geramik, and QtCurve (modified Blue/FreeCurve) - I can tell you that it'd be pretty easy (a couple of days work) to modify the Galaxy engine to read it's colours from ~/.qt/qtrc. If you have a look at the qt_settings.c/h files, and the use_button_color() stuff in qtcurve.c you'll see how this can be done. If you want more info, then please feel free to email me. Also creating a GTK app to modify this should also be failry easy - the file formats not too difficult to understand, But I don't know enough about GTK to do this. Craig. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-21 06:26 --- Rather than close it, push it forward to 9.2. Too much work involved to get it done before 9.1 but eventually a necessary step. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
> --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-20 20:10 > --- fcrozat (Mandrake GNOME guy) tells me galaxy is not a pixmap theme, > so to be able to get the same functionality as Geramik they'd have to > implement their own thing, but I agree it's a very good idea. > > On cooker, not bugzilla, at fcropzat's request. There is no reason to not allow color changes in a non-pixmap GTK theme. Just look what this guy has done with RedHats Bluecurve. Do you think we can use this engine's code? http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=5065 This would allow people to have the same color scheme across GTK and QT. With a simple app in Gnome you could adjust both GTK and QT color settings. -- Bret Baptist Systems and Technical Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com (612)676-1946 x17 Web Development-Web Marketing-ISP Services -- Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution||INVALID --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-20 20:26 --- Please, do NOT reopen bug closed as INVALID.. I already explained why it is INVALID.. Bugzilla is not a place to discuss, cooker is the right place.. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Status|RESOLVED|UNCONFIRMED Resolution|INVALID | --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-20 20:15 --- Hi Frederic: It may be that the GTK version isn't designed to allow color changes, but the KDE version is (for good reason, since KDE users expect such functionality). What I'm suggesting, and what Geramik does, is not to guess whether KDE is running, but rather to use the KDE color palate setting to for the GTK theme. By adding a small proposed GTK editor for that color scheme setting as well, it would no longer be following a "KDE color scheme" but would introduce the concept of a "global color scheme." At the least, even without such an editor, it would allow the Gnome user to easily modify the color by opening up the color config file in a text editor. Many Gnome-only users like Geramik for this reason. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution||INVALID --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-20 20:04 --- It is not to GTK theme to "guess" if it is running under KDE (or any other environment) and adapt accordingly.. It is up to the environment to customize GTK theme.. Moreover galaxy has not been designed to allow color changes in its palette.. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
[Cooker] [Bug 1967] [galaxy-gnome] No way to get the Color Scheme to Match KDE's.
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1967 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-20 20:10 --- fcrozat (Mandrake GNOME guy) tells me galaxy is not a pixmap theme, so to be able to get the same functionality as Geramik they'd have to implement their own thing, but I agree it's a very good idea. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: Hi, I noticed that Mandrake Galaxy gtk, while much nicer looking atm than Mandrake Galaxy KDE, does not seem to be able to change colors, at least that I've noticed. The issue being that if I'm using KDE, like many of your users are, I may choose to change the color scheme, which inturn causes GTK stuff to stick out really badly. There is a very easy way to solve this, which is why I am reporting this. libqtpixmap, a derivative of the libpixmap engine employed by most GTK themes, does color matching with KDE's color settings. Now, I'm not sure how Galaxy's theme engine works, but I'm assuming importing the code for this other engine (which is the one used for Geramik, by the way) would be relatively easy. If, on top of that, you made a little tool to adjust the color settings from Gnome, Mandrake would be the FIRST distribution (afaik) to offer both KDE and Gnome users and easy way to keep all major applications using the same color scheme! This would dramatically improve Galaxy and fix a major usability "bug" between KDE and Gnome that has never been solved before right out of the box. Using a static color palate in GTK apps is alright, but the whole unified look is only good so long as no one changes the KDE color scheme. I noted this in my review of Red Hat Linux 8 (at OfB.biz) and marked down the visual apperance somewhat because of that problem. In a way unified widgets giving the appearance of all the applications being the same, will probably confuse users MORE when the color palates won't change all of the applications. It'll probably result in support headaches, I'd suspect. Anyway, libqtpixmap is available for both GTK1 and GTK2. I can't say how much I think this would be a great thing, and everyone who has ever wanted to be able to easily adjust GTK color schemes (probably most Windows migrants) will thank-you for making the change. -Tim
