[lubuntu-devel] Abiword in Lubuntu 16.04 LTS - how to get rid of flickering

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2016-07-06 kl. 20:18, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> Hi Rafael, Simon and Julien,
>
> What about switching the default theme for Lubuntu in 16.04.1 LTS so
> that it will come with a working Abiword? In other words to do the
> work-around instead of leaving it to the end user?
>
> Or will that break some other functionality?
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2016-07-06 kl. 18:53, skrev rafaellaguna at ubuntu.com:
>> Don't worry. As soon as Light Themes (Ubuntu) drops some engine controls
>> and starts using native ones (like Adwaita does) this bug (and others)
>> will disappear. As we use Ubuntu core theme, it's not on us to fix it,
>> but it will be eventually.
>>
>> Rafael Laguna Graphics & UIX Design · www.rafaellaguna.net Lubuntu
>> Artwork Team · Ubuntu Design Team
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 6 Jul, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi Nio, Thank you for taking the time to find out a workaround for
>>> this. Your work is greatly appreciated. :) As for the bug(
>>> https://pad.lv/1574278 ), it seems to be an artwork issue, so I've
>>> carbon-copied Rafael Laguna to bring this to his attention. Have a
>>> nice day!
>>> --
>>> Simon Quigley tsimonq2 at ubuntu.com <mailto:tsimonq2 at ubuntu.com>
>>> tsimonq2 on Freenode
>

Hi again,

vasa1 wrote the following in my thread at the Ubuntu forums,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321942&page=2&p=13515303#post13515303

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Hi Nio,

I just saw your post in the mailing list: Abiword in Lubuntu 16.04 LTS - 
how to get rid of flickering and the responses.

You wrote:
Hi Rafael, Simon and Julien,

What about switching the default theme for Lubuntu in 16.04.1 LTS so
that it will come with a working Abiword? In other words to do the
work-around instead of leaving it to the end user?

Or will that break some other functionality?

Best regards
Nio
A way to do what you want for just Abiword without switching Lubuntu's 
default theme, would be to edit its

Exec= line in /usr/share/applications/abiword.desktop

from Code:

Exec=abiword %U

to Code:

Exec=bash -c 'GTK_THEME=Adwaita abiword %U'
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Best regards
Nio