A question of themes - solved (mostly)

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 21:47 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 20:04 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
> > I barely touch themes and theming myself.
> 
> Haha, it's a nightmare. I've done it once, a long long time ago. The
> theme is for GTK2 and GTK3. Every full moon I push a virgin into a
> volcano, to ensure that the theme doesn't break.
> 
> And yes, the window decoration theme is independent form the window
> content theme.
> 
> With GTK4 there's no need to care about a title bar and boarders
> anymore, since there's no way to workaround CSD anymore. IOW in the near
> future our desktops will look like Ronald McDonald, but it doesn't
> matter, because we can't use our desktops anymore. Before we are allowed
> to open a GTK app, we need to play games to get badges, that allow us to
> use an app.

PS: It's not a joke. AFAIK there's no way to get rid of GTK4 client-side
decoration. I already have some GTK4 apps installed. At least to get
support by the new GNOME "mailing lists" you already need to to reach
levels. New subscribers aren't allowed to send a requests. The final
curtain for GNOME's Mailman mailing lists will fall end of this month.