Re: Getting native colors in GTK/GDK?

[Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>]

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> I just found libwimp.dll off in some subfolder, but I don't think I added that folder to my path, therefor 
> it wasn't loaded at runtime.

You have misunderstood. You don't need to add the "some subfolder"
where libwimp.dll or other theme engines are to PATH for them to be
found when required. Note the "when required". I.e., when your gtkrc
file tells GTK+ to use a theme that uses such an engine. The
gtk-theme-name line in the gtkrc file points GTK+ to *another* gtkrc
file, in share/themes/<theme name>/gtk-2.0/gtkrc , which then contains
lots of settings for the theme, and an "engine" line that tells the
name of the engine module (DLL) to load. GTK+ knows where the engine
modules are.

> Initially I thought I only had to add ./bin, which would explain the lack of "theme".

No, you don't necessarily have to have the bin folder (where the GTK+
stack "normal" DLLs, i.e. those used by applications, are). If you run
an executable that is located in the same bin folder (like gtk-demo.exe
or your own executable you have copied into the same folder), it will find its
DLLs.

--tml