Re: Gtkmm application style

[Emil Nowak <emiml wp pl>]

Bernd Robertz wrote:

> Hello List,
> 
> I got a small problem. Not a big thing I hope.
> 
> Everytime I write some code and add widgets, the widgets are looks like old
> gnome apps. Buttons are really box-like-buttons.
> In the documentation there are screens (in the gtkmm-book for example) with
> nice rounded buttons and nice "modern" status bars and so on.
> But my widgets are still box-like, nothing rounded and looks a bit
> "old" (should I say so?)

Install gtk-theme-switch and run gtk-theme-switch2. You can change engine/theme
of all gtk2 apps.
If you need more engines to search for gtk2-engines
# apt-cache search gtk2-engines
and install one of them.