Re: Cursors

[bob cs csoft net]

On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 u07ih@abdn.ac.uk wrote:

> > 
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 u07ih@abdn.ac.uk wrote:
> > 
> > > > I see a GNOME theme including:
> > > > 
> > > > * GTK theme
> > > > * fonts
> > > > * color scheme
> > My point is that sometimes
> > a user will really like a theme, but will desire to
> > slightly change it to suit their preferences. These
> > changes are usually font/color scheme related. What
> > I was saying is that once these changes are made to
> > a certain theme, this can be detected and saved
> > as a new theme automatically.
> 
> I wasn't saying that you shouldn't allow the user to change font,
> I was saying that maybe the gtkrc file should just be rewritten to specify the
> font and colours.

This is not nessisary. I think one gtkrc file can include another. I think
that is how the gnome theme selector works. Just put all the user stuff in
a seperate gtkrc.

> 
> > Same point here. I really like the ThinIce theme, but
> > I wish the scrollbars were 14 pixels wide. Do I really
> > have to rewrite/recode a theme to set this?
> 
> At the moment I think so, unless we specify some method for a theme engine to
> get the users values.

I have seen this done. It works atleast with the pixmap engine. It should
work with others.

> 
> > As for minimum size of the scroll bar, can this really
> > be set by a GTK theme?
> 
> I'm not sure, but I don't see why not. It's probably not a very nice way though.
> 
> iain
> 
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