On Sat, September 19, 2009 1:06 am, Matthew Talbert wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Marco Vittorini Orgeas <marco@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Marco Vittorini Orgeas <marco <at> mavior.eu> writes: >> >>> >>> I don't know how to explain...its gtk interface doesn't look the same >>> as the >>> others gtk programs that links to the system gtk library...it seems >>> like a bit >>> more rudimental ...like and old gtk 1 interface.....(don't know how to >>> explain >>> here maybe a screenshot would help). As I have no precedent experience >>> with >>> compilation of gtk programs...do I need to specify some particular >>> compile time >>> option to gtk to have the interface looks the same as the modern one I >>> see on >>> all other "xfce" debian programs (I'm trying to compile xfce terminal >>> 0.4)? >>> >>> thanks again > > It seems most likely to me that it's using the default gtk theme > engine rather than the one you're used to seeing. That doesn't mean > that there is anything wrong, just that you need to install a theme + > engine for whatever you want it to look like. I don't know if any > other themes are available by default, but you can specify the theme > by modifying /opt/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc. > > Matthew > > Yes, THANK you very much! This was indeed the "problem": as soon as I installed gtk-xfce-engine-2.6.0 inside the new gtk libs and restarted my apps, they have taken the same theme as the others. Also, coming back to my original question: does people here reccommend any other safer methods to run in parallel different version of gtk libs, or the only one is compile and store all under a folder far away from the system's paths ? thank you again for the support, -- Marco Vittorini Orgeas _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
