Re: [gnome-love] sorry, newb question about gtk themes in jhbuild environment

[Stéphane Maniaci <stephane maniaci gmail com>]

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> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:47:57 -0700
> From: Robert Park <rbpark exolucere ca>
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> Subject: [gnome-love] sorry,    newb question about gtk themes in jhbuild
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> Ok, so, I've got my jhbuild environment all set up, my app is ported,
> everything's running well, I'm pretty happy... BUT!
>
> Gtk3 is so ugly! It looks like Windows 95. Seriously, I want to puke.
> I keep seeing all these sexy GNOME3 screenshots that look absolutely
> nothing at all like the way default gtk3 looks like when I run it in
> jhbuild. How do I configure which gtk3 theme is used, and what is the
> name of that really nice one I always see (eg, in gnome-shell
> screenshots).
>
> I did some googling but I must not be using the right terms because I
> just can't find anything relevant (it's all ancient suggestions from
> 2005 to use ancient programs that no longer exist).
>
> Thanks!
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> http://exolucere.ca
The default GTK3 theme is named Adwaita, and you might try to locate
it in your jhbuild environment, copy it to your ~/.themes folder, set
it up and then run a GTK3 window. And on a personal note, I don't
think that "Gtk3 is so ugly! It looks like Windows 95. Seriously, I
want to puke." is the best feedback, plus you are talking about GTK+3
with no theme, which of course looks basic. That's why theme designers
were made for :).

Cheers,

- Stéphane.