gtk apps in xfce ubuntustudio

[Art Slurry]

Hi:  apologies if this isn't the right place to post this... I'm a new 
ubuntustudio user.. the only thing that was a deal breaker for me, was 
the inconsistent themes between the xfce apps and the default gtk apps 
(e.g. gedit, nautilus).  Because I have to use a dark theme (Phasex-Dark 
was my initial preference), the default apps like nautilus insisting on 
using a very light theme, I had to figure out a way to change this.  
After hours of googling I finally got it by installing 
gtk2-engines-equinox and 'Moonrise' from gnome-look.org... or at least I 
think that is the combination that finally worked... now I have 
consistent dark themes throughout, regardless of the app.

I'm writing this in hopes that it will help others needing a consistent 
dark theme, and also to request for updates in the future to include 
dark themes that will work with all apps, specifically the default apps 
like those mentioned.  I know that themes are often low priority, and 
that there are potentially thousands of reasons why this is not 
configured by default.  I haven't a clue why what I did worked -- I wish 
I was techy enough to understand it, so I could help somehow rather than 
just pointing out issues.  To have such a complete well-thought-out 
release (the best I've seen yet for audio/video work), then no 
consistency by default with themes gives it an unfinished look and feel, 
but an awesome otherwise complete system.  I hope the developers will 
make accessibility issues a priority as soon as it's convenient to do so 
-- all the others let it slide... you all have done so much in such a 
short time to release the perfect OS, and I'm thankful for that work.