RE: 2.4 Proposed Modules - gok

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Cumming Murray (COMNEON Linz)  
> > From: Bill Haneman [mailto:bill haneman sun com] 
> > Actually GOK *does* use the GTK+ theme in all cases, but it 
> > adds its own
> > GtkStyles (by default) for its custom buttons.
> > 
> > It _does_ have good reason to do this since these buttons need to be
> > visually distinguishable as to their function, and there aren't
> > enough/appropriate STATES in GTK+.
> 
> Is this just to distinguish different _types_ of keys? e.g. 
> alphanumeric
> keys and modifier keys? Is there a good reason why all keys 
> must be some
> shade of blue? 
>  
> > GOK is unusual in several ways, but it does need to be in 
> > order to meet
> > the specialized needs of its users. 
> 
> It would be interesting to hear more about this.

I would really like to hear answers to these questions. I'm happy to believe
that there are good reasons, but it's still nice to know what they are.

Murray Cumming
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