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

[Israel]

I just tried with Numix, and the bug is there.  Could this be an issue 
in Abiword?  I do not notice a cursor flicker in other GTK programs.

A quick look at their bugzilla page shows similar issues going back a 
number of years.  So this might be a relic of a bug, that doesn't show 
up in certain themes.

On 07/09/2016 09:01 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 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 
>
>
> ---
> 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'
> ---
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>


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