On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Doug Philips <d...@mac.com> wrote: > On or about Monday, February 16, 2009, at 11:02PM, Steve Borho indited: >>> It occurs to me that GTK themes would probably solve this problem. And we >>> just happen to ship with a few of them. For releases up to 0.7, you will >>> have to do this manually. In future releases, I may make this configurable >>> in thgconfig. >>> >>> * cd C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\share\themes >>> * look at the themes in this directory, remember their names or keep this >>> folder open. >>> * cd ..\..\etc\gtk-2.0 >>> * edit gtkrc and change the name of the theme you wish to use >>> * Changes take affect on all newly launched applications >> >>I've verified that at least the Metal theme fixes the color conflict >>in the toolbar drop downs on Vista. Other themes may work as well. >>I've added this to the FAQ, including instructions on how to work >>around Vista's lame file security attempts. > > If I follow those instructions (using the new special build, see previous > emails), and change the name to "Metal", then sure enough hgtk log highlights > better, but the window I start hgtk log from says: > c:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\library.zip\hggtk\gdialog.py:93: GtkWarning: > Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "metal", > Even though the string in the gtkrc file is "Metal". > > Trying other settings (I quit the log viewer, make the changes, then restart) > Setting the Theme to Emacs seems to have no effect, the highlighting under > "Emacs" is still unreadable. > Same for "Default". > Same for "MS-Windows" (the value it was before I started changing it. :) ) > Same for "Raleigh". > "Redmond95" is a weirder case. The highlighting still is unreadable, -and-, > it burps out: c:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\library.zip\hggtk\gdialog.py:93: > GtkWarning: Unable to locate theme engi > ne in module_path: "redmond95",
I saw the same message when I tried the "Metal" and "Redmond95" themes, but the "Raleigh" and "Emacs" themes was fine. I suspect this is a bug in the themes themselves. BTW: I did my testing on XP, but I suspect it doesn't matter. -- Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-discuss mailing list Tortoisehg-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-discuss
