[kubuntu-devel] GTK System Settings Module in 12.10

[Jonathan Riddell]

I took a look at kde-gtk-config today.

What we do at the moment is
 Copy /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/dot-gtkrc-2.0-kde4
 to ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 on first login
 Also copy ~/.kde/env/gtk2-default-theme.rc.sh which exports GTK2_RC_FILES to point to ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4
 And run xsettings-kde (a mandriva creation I think) which exports the widget style over xatoms
 Use the system settings module kcm-gtk which sets ~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 and Felix has added a patch to notify xsettings-kde when the gtk theme has changed

Setting GTK2_RC_FILES seems redundant given xsettings-kde.  xsettings-kde seems like a good way to not overwrite gtk settings for anyone swapping between desktops
This keeps the gtk 2 and 3 settings in sync
but that only works if you have the same theme installed for both, it doesn't let you use gtk 3 themes otherwise

apol's new kde-gtk-config
 writes to .gtkrc-2.0 and adds a symlink from .gtkrc-2.0-kde4
 and .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
 doesn't have any update via xsettings so running apps don't update
it's gtk 3 settings don't do anything while xsettings-kde is running

So I'm unsure what to do.  I think the best thing would be to have kde-gtk-config write the config in such a way that it doesn't overwrite settings for using other desktops.

Jonathan