Bug 351336

Summary:	Mention >=x11-themes/oxygen-gtk-1.0.1 in KDE4 Guide on "Make GTK applications look like Qt 4 ones"
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Thomas Fischer <fischer>
Component:	Project-specific documentation	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml
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Description Thomas Fischer 2011-01-10 20:46:21 UTC

Since mid-December, there is x11-themes/oxygen-gtk in the tree, which is a native GTK style/theme which looks like KDE's Oxygen theme. Although oxygen-gtk is unstable as of now, it is worth mentioning in the KDE4 Guide section on "Make GTK applications look like Qt 4 ones".

I suggest to rewrite this paragraph that there are two themes available both for Qt/KDE and GTK/Gnome: QtCurve (via x11-themes/gtk-engines-qtcurve and x11-themes/qtcurve-qt4) and Oxygen (included in KDE and x11-themes/oxygen-gtk). Maybe use a table?

BTW: Shouldn't x11-themes/oxygen-gtk be renamed to x11-themes/gtk-engines-oxygen to match the naming scheme of GTK themes?


Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) archtester

2011-01-10 20:51:38 UTC

i'll take care of it

Comment 2 Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) archtester

2011-02-01 06:26:48 UTC

i updated the guide, take a look and send me any suggestions.
No need to rename, it follows the upstream naming scheme.
Thank you!

Comment 3 Thomas Fischer 2011-02-01 08:21:12 UTC

"The ebuild that should be used if you want your GTK applications to use the same theme as your Qt applications is called x11-themes/oxygen-gtk."
This text is wrong in two aspects: First, oxygen-gtk does not make GTK apps to use the same (any) theme, it just provides a theme that looks very similar to one particular Qt/KDE theme. Second, Oxygen is a KDE theme (i.e. comes along KDE), so anyone using only Qt will not have Oxygen available.

Stating that the qtcurve packages are an alternative makes them look second place, although there were under development for a longer time and more sophisticated and mature.

I recommend a different structure of the paragraph:

There are two themes available which look the same under both toolkits (GTK/Gnome and Qt/KDE): "QtCurve" is provided via packages gtk-engines-qtcurve and x11-themes/qtcurve-qt4, "Oxygen" is part of KDE 4.x, its GTK counterpart is provided via package "x11-themes/oxygen-gtk".
KDE themes can be configured via KDE's System Settings under "Appearance" in tab "Style". In order to configure the theme of GTK applications from within KDE's System Settings, install kde-misc/kcm_gtk to get a new tab "GTK Styles and Fonts" under "Appearance".

Comment 4 Theo Chatzimichos (RETIRED) archtester

2011-02-01 08:35:59 UTC

done, thank you