Re: [gtk-osx-devel] Themes and gtk+-3.0

[Jim Charlton <charltn gmail com>]

On 15-02-12 09:12 AM, Jim Charlton wrote:
> I have been struggling with editing/changing themes on GTK-OSX.
>
> On linux Ubuntu), using libgtkmm-3.0-dev, compiled programs can have 
> their themes changed with Tweak Tool.  Having chosen the Ambiance 
> theme, I can edit /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk.css to 
> "@import url("gtk-main.css");" and then edit 
> /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-3.0/gtk-main.css to customize the theme.
>
> On MAC OSX using what appears to be the same gtkmm-3.0 libraries, I 
> cannot figure out how to change themes.  Neither can I figure out how 
> to edit the default Adwaita theme so that changes appear in the 
> program.  Nothing I do seems to make any difference to the theme.
>
> If the theme was compiled into a gresource, I don't seem to be able to 
> find it.
>
> Can someone give me a clue.  I really do not like the default theme 
> that I get.  Previous versions of the gtk+ libraries (on the MAC) had 
> a theme that was more pleasing to my eye.
>
> jim...   Jim Charlton
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As usual...  As soon as I ask for help... I find the solution.  If I 
export the environment variable XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/path/to/theme/gtk.css/ 
prior to executing the program, the selected theme is used over the 
embedded default.

Thanks anyway...   jim...