On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Art Slurry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi: apologies if this isn't the right place to post this... I'm a new > ubuntustudio user.. the only thing that was a deal breaker for me, was the > inconsistent themes between the xfce apps and the default gtk apps (e.g. > gedit, nautilus). Because I have to use a dark theme (Phasex-Dark was my > initial preference), the default apps like nautilus insisting on using a > very light theme, I had to figure out a way to change this. After hours of > googling I finally got it by installing gtk2-engines-equinox and 'Moonrise' > from gnome-look.org... or at least I think that is the combination that > finally worked... now I have consistent dark themes throughout, regardless > of the app. > > I'm writing this in hopes that it will help others needing a consistent > dark theme, and also to request for updates in the future to include dark > themes that will work with all apps, specifically the default apps like > those mentioned. I know that themes are often low priority, and that there > are potentially thousands of reasons why this is not configured by default. > I haven't a clue why what I did worked -- I wish I was techy enough to > understand it, so I could help somehow rather than just pointing out > issues. To have such a complete well-thought-out release (the best I've > seen yet for audio/video work), then no consistency by default with themes > gives it an unfinished look and feel, but an awesome otherwise complete > system. I hope the developers will make accessibility issues a priority as > soon as it's convenient to do so -- all the others let it slide... you all > have done so much in such a short time to release the perfect OS, and I'm > thankful for that work. > > it will be challenging to have a theme that will work with "all" apps. you can always just use the xubuntu-desktop theme, or any of the other lighter ones.. or, feel free to try the upcoming 12.10 release and let us know what is not looking correct to you. thanks! > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.**ubuntu.com<[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** > mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-**studio-users<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users> > -- MH mikeholstein.info <http://www.mikeholstein.info/>
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