Re: Windows theme not working in GTK 2.18.7

[jcupitt gmail com]

On 3 November 2010 12:30, Damon Register <damon w register lmco com> wrote:
> On 4/1/2010 7:18 PM, Ian Puleston wrote:
>> Thanks. The release notes say "XP themes have been disabled since they
>> don’t work". Does this mean all use of themes is disabled in XP? And is it
>> only XP or does the same apply for Vista and Windows 7?
>
> I have the same question but I don't find the answer.  Can anyone
> tell me what is the status of themes in Windows?

It's just the theme that tries to give an XP look that's broken, as
far as I know.

>  How do major apps such
> as Wireshark deal with this?  What is the future for gtk themes
> on Windows?

I'm not a major app, but mine ships with clearlooks (fast, fairly
plain, not too ugly) from gtk-engines-2.20.1 on gtk+_2.20.1-1 and all
seems OK on XP, Vista and win7.

John