Re: Newbie questions on themes and engines

[Iago Rubio <iago rubio hispalinux es>]

On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:42 -0500, Eckhoff, Michael A wrote:
> 1. Is there a discussion somewhere on themes and engines? Do these terms
> refer to 
> the same thing?

No, read this http://www.gtk.org/~otaylor/gtk/2.0/theme-engines.html

The first and second paragraphs should be enough.

> 2. Who sets the default theme for gtk+ applications? Does this default come
> with
> the package or does my Linux vendor (Suse in my case) have anything to do
> with it?

Check the .gtkrc file in your home directory.

> 3. What other themes are available, 

http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/

> and how do you invoke them?
> e.g., as a command-line option like ./helloworld --alternate_theme

Try gnome-theme-manager, on the "Preferences" menu the "Theme" entry.
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Iago Rubio