Hey guys,
Downloaded the Nodoka theme engine and installed it from source. Then downloaded this theme and placed it in my home directory as .gtkrc-2.0 (also tried .gtkrc).
Still can't get it to work. What am I missing.
This is on a Debian Etch ppc
Thank you for responding.
Yes, I do have a ~/.themes folder and extracted the Nodoka-Clearlooks theme there.
I don't use the GNOME desktop environment but I use a lot GTK apps. I use the DWM window manager. I have successfully used GTK themes before by simply setting
gnome-theme-name = "<theme-name>"
in my .gtkrc-2.0 file.
But this doesn't seem to work with Nodoka-Clearlooks
copy the folder "nodoka-clearlooks" from inside the arhive into a folder ".themes" your home directory.
but why don't you install it from the theme manager?
nice theme btw.
copy the folder "nodoka-clearlooks" from inside the arhive into a folder ".themes" your home directory.
but why don't you install it from the theme manager?
nice theme btw.
I don't use GNOME Desktop Environment so I don't have the theme manager installed. I just use a minimalist window manager called DWM and on top of that I have a few GTK apps.
This is the contents of my ~/.themes folder:
amit@debian:~$ ls .themes/
Cillop-Mediterranean Foresight MurrinaAquaIsh Nodoka-Clearlooks
amit@debian:~$
And the contents of my ~/.gtkrc-2.0:
amit@debian:~$ cat .gtkrc-2.0
#gtk-icon-theme-name = "nuoveXT.2.2"
gtk-icon-theme-name = "gnome-icon-theme-2.18.0"
gtk-theme-name = "Nodoka-Clearlooks"
amit@debian:~$
I haven't used a GTK theme in that way before so I don't know what to say. I just checked that it worked for GNOME.
The only thing I did was to get the default Nodoka theme and change a couple of symbolic colors in it. That can be done in the theme dialog as well but since most of people don't know that this option even exists, I decided to release it as a new Theme. I don't know much about gtkrc files and in fact, this is the first time that I release a gtkrc modification, which as I said, is very minor compared to the original Nodoka gtkrc file.
Try to use Nodoka theme instead of the Nodoka-Clearlooks one and see if that works. If it doesn't work, then is a problem of the original file if it works I'll look if I have to change some name or something like that.
Thanks for the reply.
I tried the Nodoka theme and it doesn't seem to work. I also tried several Murrina based themes and some of them do work and others don't. For example, Murrina-LemonGraphite and Foresight works but MurrinaSegPhault doesn't.
I am not an expert with GTK themes so I am not sure what seems to be going on.
Any suggestions?
I'm not a GTK expert too. Does it gives you some error when you launch an application from the console? When I was changing the colors the theme didn't load for me at first because I had a mistaken a symbolic color name. In that case I had a message saying:
"Cannot find symbolic color X" in the terminal so I knew why it didn't load.
Maybe is a problem with symbolic names. Maybe only GNOME supports this feature?
Sorry for the late reply.
No, I do not get any error when launching the applications from the console. All that happens is that the applications launched have no theme at all.
Also, I installed theme-switcher from the Debian Etch repos. I used it but to no avail.
I'm really confused as to what could be the issue.
There's a screenshot now.
You are really fast because I forgot to put the screenshot but I uploaded it just one minute before uploading the theme.
Also I forgot to put the correct category, which is GTK2 theme and now it's fixed.
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Hey guys, Downloaded the Nodoka theme engine and installed it from source. Then downloaded this theme and placed it in my home directory as .gtkrc-2.0 (also tried .gtkrc). Still can't get it to work. What am I missing. This is on a Debian Etch ppc
You have to extract the included folder in ~/.themes where ~ is your home directory, then you can select the theme from the preferences dialog.
Thank you for responding. Yes, I do have a ~/.themes folder and extracted the Nodoka-Clearlooks theme there. I don't use the GNOME desktop environment but I use a lot GTK apps. I use the DWM window manager. I have successfully used GTK themes before by simply setting gnome-theme-name = "<theme-name>" in my .gtkrc-2.0 file. But this doesn't seem to work with Nodoka-Clearlooks
copy the folder "nodoka-clearlooks" from inside the arhive into a folder ".themes" your home directory. but why don't you install it from the theme manager? nice theme btw.
copy the folder "nodoka-clearlooks" from inside the arhive into a folder ".themes" your home directory. but why don't you install it from the theme manager? nice theme btw.
sorry for the double post! and someone already answered....faster than me.
I don't use GNOME Desktop Environment so I don't have the theme manager installed. I just use a minimalist window manager called DWM and on top of that I have a few GTK apps. This is the contents of my ~/.themes folder: amit@debian:~$ ls .themes/ Cillop-Mediterranean Foresight MurrinaAquaIsh Nodoka-Clearlooks amit@debian:~$ And the contents of my ~/.gtkrc-2.0: amit@debian:~$ cat .gtkrc-2.0 #gtk-icon-theme-name = "nuoveXT.2.2" gtk-icon-theme-name = "gnome-icon-theme-2.18.0" gtk-theme-name = "Nodoka-Clearlooks" amit@debian:~$
I haven't used a GTK theme in that way before so I don't know what to say. I just checked that it worked for GNOME. The only thing I did was to get the default Nodoka theme and change a couple of symbolic colors in it. That can be done in the theme dialog as well but since most of people don't know that this option even exists, I decided to release it as a new Theme. I don't know much about gtkrc files and in fact, this is the first time that I release a gtkrc modification, which as I said, is very minor compared to the original Nodoka gtkrc file. Try to use Nodoka theme instead of the Nodoka-Clearlooks one and see if that works. If it doesn't work, then is a problem of the original file if it works I'll look if I have to change some name or something like that.
Thanks for the reply. I tried the Nodoka theme and it doesn't seem to work. I also tried several Murrina based themes and some of them do work and others don't. For example, Murrina-LemonGraphite and Foresight works but MurrinaSegPhault doesn't. I am not an expert with GTK themes so I am not sure what seems to be going on. Any suggestions?
I'm not a GTK expert too. Does it gives you some error when you launch an application from the console? When I was changing the colors the theme didn't load for me at first because I had a mistaken a symbolic color name. In that case I had a message saying: "Cannot find symbolic color X" in the terminal so I knew why it didn't load. Maybe is a problem with symbolic names. Maybe only GNOME supports this feature?
Sorry for the late reply. No, I do not get any error when launching the applications from the console. All that happens is that the applications launched have no theme at all. Also, I installed theme-switcher from the Debian Etch repos. I used it but to no avail. I'm really confused as to what could be the issue.
Here is your problem. gtk-chtheme = gtk2.x gtk-theme-switch = gtk1.x
Looks good. The checkbox colour annoys me, but that's certainly not your fault.
no screen shot, no comment......
There's a screenshot now. You are really fast because I forgot to put the screenshot but I uploaded it just one minute before uploading the theme. Also I forgot to put the correct category, which is GTK2 theme and now it's fixed.