gtk apps in xfce ubuntustudio

[Mike Holstein]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Art Slurry <info at slurryart.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> it will be challenging to have a theme that will work with "all" apps. you
can always just use the xubuntu-desktop theme, or any of the other lighter
ones.. or, feel free to try the upcoming 12.10 release and let us know what
is not looking correct to you. thanks!

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