OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux colors

• Posted by Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> May 30, 2006
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Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> Alexander Toresson wrote:
> > 
> > Most programs do not use pure X widgets nowadays. Most use gtk2 or qt.
> > In fact, it's very unclear in his original message what colours he means.
> > It could be anything from gtk2 theme to background colour to window manager
> > theme.
> > 
> Alex
> 
> Most programs like gtk2 or qt are built on top of the xlibraries
> like the intrinsic toolkit or motif.

Of course, but that doesn't mean that they use the same themes as pure X
programs do. They usually just draw to a pixmap, then let X draw it.

> Take a look in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults directory.
> These same type of files can also be found in
> /usr/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults directory. 
> 
> The resources maybe compiled and embedded in to a program which
> is probably what themes are; compiled resources.

The colors of gtk programs are determined by what themes you've selected out of
those in (usually) /usr/share/themes and ~/.themes. Gtk programs don't use X
resources in any way. I'm not familiar with how kde programs are themed, but I'd
be very surprised if those use X resources.

Regards, Alexander Toresson