Explain changing GTK theme in FAQ #40

eht16 · 2022-01-04T21:33:47Z

eht16 · 2022-01-04T21:34:43Z

@techee what to do with the macOS stub? Can the GTK theme changed at all on macOS or is it fixed to "Prof-Gnome"?

techee · 2022-01-05T00:08:11Z

Changing themes is not officially supported on macOS (I create the settings.ini file every time Geany is launched and update it based on whether the user has light or dark theme used for macOS with Prof-Gnome hard-coded). That said, it is possible to replace the theme inside Geany.app bundle (Geany.app/Contents/Resources/share/themes/Prof-Gnome), just the Prof-Gnome directory has to be preserved and different theme placed inside it.

I think the appearance is reasonably native-looking though so users shouldn't worry about it much.

eht16 · 2022-01-08T12:45:05Z

Thanks.
I added what you said and hope that's still correct :D.
Should we add a note that changes get lost when upgrading Geany on macOS after Geany.app/Contents/Resources/share/themes/Prof-Gnome has been changed or will the changes persist?

@elextr would you mind re-reading the new FAQ entry for wording and clarity?

elextr

Done

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:42:41Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+## How to change the GTK theme?
+
+The GTK theme defines the look and feel of Geany. Many different themes are available on the net,
+including dark ones. You might have a look at https://www.gnome-look.org/ for GTK3 themes.


Suggest "Many different themes, including dark ones, are available on the net, for example from https://www.gnome-look.org/."

No need to mention GTK3, its all Geany does ATM.

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:47:44Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+
+### On Linux/Unix systems
+
+Changing the GTK theme on Linux and Unix distributions is done differently depending on the desktop environment you use.


Add at the start "Geany will follow the GTK theme set by the normal desktop tools so changing ..."

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:48:56Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+
+- find and download a GTK theme
+- unpack its contents into the directory `c:\Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>\AppData\Local\themes\` (create if it does not exist yet)
+- create the directory `c:\Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>\AppData\Local\gtk-3.0\` if it not already exists


" ... if it does not already exist"

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:50:45Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+
+- "Prof-Gnome" https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1334194 (used in Geany for macOS)
+- "Windows 10" https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-10
+- "Windows 10 Dark" https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-10-Dark


What about your favourite olde fashioned ... erm I mean "traditional" 😄 one?

What about your favourite olde fashioned ... erm I mean "traditional" 😄 one?

I would suggest including that one too. I spent today testing various themes from gnome-look and most didn't work/look very well and the Win95 theme was a pleasant outlier.

What are you talking about? What is "my traditional one"?

The one from good old times where you could distinguish individual widgets:

https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

This by the way is how the traditional (i.e. non-web-like) user interface widgets look on Windows 11:

Task one - notice there are tabs

Task two - tell which one is selected

Crazy UI design.

Ok, I just added it. I still can't really take this theme seriously hence my confusion :D.

@eht16 yeah, @techee understood it, I simply meant a Win(somewhere between 95 and 7) theme since you had only listed Win 10 themes. Can't comment on which actual theme though.

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:51:57Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+
+### On macOS
+
+Geany releases for macOS have the "Prof-Gnome" theme pre-installed and depending on the used macOS theme, the light or dark variant is used automatically.


and depending on the macOS theme used, the light or dark variant is used automatically.

elextr · 2022-01-08T21:56:36Z

page_content/documentation/faq.md

+The GTK theme defines the look and feel of Geany. Many different themes are available on the net,
+including dark ones. You might have a look at https://www.gnome-look.org/ for GTK3 themes.
+
+Note that changing the GTK theme will not affect the syntax highlighting color theme within Geany.


Isn't it called a "color scheme" eg Menu->View->Change Color Scheme...

elextr · 2022-01-08T22:01:10Z

Don't forget to link to it from the download page so users will find it.

[Edit: sorry if this spammed everybody multiple times, github told me it failed so I submitted the comment again, then it did all of them, sigh]

techee · 2022-01-08T23:08:09Z

I added what you said and hope that's still correct :D.

Yep, perfect!

Should we add a note that changes get lost when upgrading Geany on macOS after Geany.app/Contents/Resources/share/themes/Prof-Gnome has been changed or will the changes persist?

The changes will get lost, not sure if it's necessary to document it but it depends on the output of @elextr --pedantic :-).

techee · 2022-01-08T23:12:22Z

"Prof-Gnome" https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1334194 (used in Geany for macOS)

By the way the prof-gnome version in osx is modified quite a bit from the official release because there were bugs in the theme and I also wanted to make it look more macOS-like. I just pushed a few commits to the geany-osx repo in an attempt to create something that would also look good on Windows.

eht16 · 2022-01-09T13:14:43Z

Thanks for the review!

Don't forget to link to it from the download page so users will find it.

Already done (https://github.com/geany/www.geany.org/pull/40/files#diff-fd05f263f386602f0eb5eedfa0cef4e12ba1625599b97a67c2e9010f9f4ccb4fR12).

"Prof-Gnome" https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1334194 (used in Geany for macOS)

By the way the prof-gnome version in osx is modified quite a bit from the official release because there were bugs in the theme and I also wanted to make it look more macOS-like. I just pushed a few commits to the geany-osx repo in an attempt to create something that would also look good on Windows.

Ok, I changed the link to your one.

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		### On Linux/Unix systems

		Changing the GTK theme on Linux and Unix distributions is done differently depending on the desktop environment you use.


		### On macOS

		Geany releases for macOS have the "Prof-Gnome" theme pre-installed and depending on the used macOS theme, the light or dark variant is used automatically.

Explain changing GTK theme in FAQ #40

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