Re: Rendering issues under Windows Terminal Services

[Michael L Torrie <torriem chem byu edu>]

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 08:58 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote:
> I wasn't aware there was an installer. In fact, I was certain that there 
> *wasn't* one. But I see now that there is. New addition? Maybe I just 
> missed it all this time. Anyway, I'm downloading it now and I'll test it 
> out on a new Win2k install :)
> 
> One of this nice things about Alex's distro is that he has a nifty theme 
> switcher, *and* lots of themes. I haven't been able to find these for 
> Windows anywhere else. And to be perfectly blunt, the default theme on 
> Windows looks pretty horrible. Are there any theme switchers for Windows 
> in the wild?

Most folks have no need of a theme switcher.  In fact, I think themes
under GTK should be avoided in MS Windows.  The default theme for GTK on
windows looks almost exactly like Windows.  That's why it is called the
WIMP theme.  On XP it uses the native Microsoft theming dll to draw the
widgets.  On 2000 it uses system colors and fonts and draws widgets that
are very close representations of the Win32 native widgets.  I think
that native look and feel on windows should always be preferred.  

Michael


> 
> As for the licensing issue, it had never occurred to me to look for 
> sources on this guy's site. I agree with you that he should provide 
> them, and I'll email him and sniff the issue out.
>