


GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments
Could you please be specific about whether you've changed the values or whether the theme has a problem "out of the box"?
The Murrine engine has had quite a few changes over the last year and I'm not actually sure if this theme works particularly well any more.
I have re-written it so that it works on most recent versions, and I hope to polish it a bit more and publish it soon.
In the mean time, answer my first question and we can go from there. - Mar 13 2011

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments
Thank you guys for expressing interest in this theme and sorry for taking so long. - Jul 17 2010

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments
Try "comboboxstyle = 1" inside the engine block in the default definition. - Jul 17 2010

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments
Sorry I haven't been replying to your mails. I've been busy and didn't have internet access.
BTW, if I recall your code correctly, you misspell "default", but you do so consistently, so no problem :)
- May 08 2010

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments

Cursors by untouchable89 4 comments
More info:
http://www.zevenos.de/ - Nov 27 2009

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments
So . . . thank you and congratulations on a very well done theme! This is a huge improvement over 0.1.1 and a damn near perfect theme overall. The metacity is very nice also.
I'm currently using this theme along with Gnome Do's Docky plugin, which makes my desktop this wonderful mix of retro and flash.
Again, thank you :) - Oct 31 2009

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments
Cheers. - Jun 14 2009

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 16 comments
A quick note on this theme: it appears to suffer from a common problem when, for example, the combo box in the nautilus toolbar is highlighted.
I can help you with a specific solution in the next few days if you're interested, but I don't have the time to go through the gtkrc right now. In the meantime, you can have a look at the workarounds at the bottom of any good gtkrc, such as the default ubuntu ones, or Shiki, and so on.
New Wave is /very/ well made pixmap theme, but seems very complicated, to be, anyway. - Jun 14 2009

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 16 comments
I don't suppose I could cajole you into making a BeOS/Haiku theme?
They still have the squared plastic look of OS2 and classic Windows, but I think they look more subtle and elegant. - Jun 14 2009

Wallpapers Gnome by zafar88 11 comments
However, modifying something you have not been given permission to modify and publishing it as your own work is illegal in Germany where this server is hosted.
There are more nuances to copyright law than this, such as fair use, which do not apply in this case. (This is not a review, the size/quality of the artwork is not considerably degraded, etc.)
So, despite their somewhat offensive tone, the above posters are in the right and you are in the wrong here. - Jun 14 2009

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 6 comments

Metacity Themes by paraboy 6 comments
While removing the gradient behind the buttons is fairly trivial, you'd then have to recolour the buttons because otherwise they would be too light to see. This recolouring, if I understand correctly, would be done in the xml not in the png files.
I'm not aware of any metacity theme tutorials. Your best bet is to jump in and hack. Or to use another theme. Consider also that emerald themes are much easier to make, though they do not pick up on the colours of the GTK+ theme, because there's a GUI available. - Apr 13 2009

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 6 comments
Anything more substantial than this will considerably decrease the aesthetic appeal of the theme. But if you're feeling particularly brave you can remove all the "= theme-wide" and "= theme-wider", which will decrease widget padding.
There are a few more tricks, but I haven't experimented a lot with compactness to be able to help further.
Hope this helps. - Apr 12 2009

GTK2 Themes by enthdegree 22 comments

GTK2 Themes by enthdegree 22 comments
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=331
Please don't play fast and loose with the licensed products of litigious companies. - Apr 11 2009

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 7 comments

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 7 comments
Source: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Murrine+GTK%2B+Cairo+Engine?content=42755
Ubuntu debs: http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Murrine+Engine+(Ubuntu+Packages)?content=99516
If you're not on ubuntu and you don't want to compile, you may have to wait a little bit for your distro to catch up.
Possible temporary fixes: if you're using 0.90.0 or earlier, try commenting out the line. If you're on 0.90.1, your hiccup may be fixed by altering "@tooltip_bg_color" on line 80 to "#ffe5c0".
Hope this helps. - Apr 04 2009

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

Metacity Themes by paraboy 6 comments
This was just a quick hack of Blended. Sorry I can't be more helpful :( - Mar 27 2009
I love how you incorporate macish elements into a distinctly murrine theme. I have a few niggles with it, but that's to be expected. (We all have our (dis)likes.)
Waiting for the inevitable metacity port to take it for a spin. - Mar 16 2009

Metacity Themes by crashie 16 comments

GTK2 Themes by alternate 4 comments
http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/BeSimple?content=99058
Nice theme, also :) - Feb 08 2009

GTK2 Themes by kpeggs 10 comments

GTK2 Themes by SpecKtacle 81 comments
If anyone is still having difficulty finding the relevant line, search for "nodoka"
Cheers. - Jan 02 2009

GTK2 Themes by SpecKtacle 81 comments
It's a nice theme but the gray on gray unfocused list items is a little too obscure for my tastes. Also, maybe a little brighter prelight on the toolbar buttons.
The scrollbar background in firefox is also too dark. Setting an appropriate value for bg[ACTIVE] fixes this on clearlooks and non-integrated scrollbar murrine. I'm not sure if the fix works on the integrated scrollbars. - Dec 31 2008

GTK2 Themes by nyenty 19 comments
Incidentally, prompted by your "learn to live with mediocre ratings when we must" I had a look at your content to find your skeleton in the closet. Now that's impressive! Even your Nodoka theme (Nodoka themes seem to be summarily voted down by the non-Fedora crowd) is at 75%. Congrats! - Dec 30 2008

GTK2 Themes by zhuqin 153 comments
But you really should take it slower, and be more careful. (I know I'll sound like an ungrateful bastard now. Apologies in advance.)
Take a look at the left side of the minimize button on the metacity. With small fonts there's too much space there and with large there's too little (in comparison with the space on the right side of the close button).
Also, I can't say how exactly, there's something off now. I think the highlight is not centred, and it's not my font settings. Unfortunately I overwrote the old version. Can you post both metacities? I may be able to explain what I mean better if I can see both. - Dec 30 2008
1) The metacity is too bulky. A smaller version would be nice.
2) The text[SELECTED] is white, which really doesn't provide good contrast, at least on my display. I think they should be black like the menus. Perhaps you could adjust the value, making it slightly darker (for white text) or lighter (for black).
Voted good, of course. - Dec 29 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments
This seems to be the largest value that does not break the theme.
I personally use liberation sans (they're available with most distros) with a value of 8.6 regular for applications, 8.6 bold for the metacity, 9 for documents, and 9 bold for the desktop. I like small fonts, I used the artwiz fonts for years :) - Dec 22 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments
- Dec 21 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments
1) Download the archive and simply drag it over the GNOME Appearance Preferences dialog.
2) Manually extract the archive in ~/.themes
Both of these work fine on Ubuntu 8.10. - Dec 18 2008
If you mean the menu that appears when you type an address, that's intentional.
If it's something else, please be specific. - Dec 14 2008

Metacity Themes by emilywind 3 comments
I'm not picking on you personally. I'm just tired of the gnome-look users constantly disabusing copyrighted material, ignoring licenses, and essentially stealing other people's hard work. You seem to be an honest chap which puts you on the good column of my book. (Not that I have a book, mind you, that would be weird :)
P.S. I know how hard it is to get all the permissions for Milk themes. I tried a year ago and promptly gave up.
P.P.S. I've been contacted five (5) years after I stopped working on a GPL'ed project by someone who wanted permission to port it to BSD. I miss those days. - Dec 07 2008

Metacity Themes by emilywind 3 comments
Milk was originally made by Max Rudberg:
http://www.maxthemes.com/
I don't know about this blue version. - Dec 04 2008

GTK2 Themes by Gosh 14 comments

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments
The window decoration is just a simple hack of Dust, as I'm absolutely crap with pixmaps. However, the maximize is just an up arrow. What would you wish the restore to look like? An arrow pointing down or a dash would look too much like a minimize button. If you could whip up an alternate button in accordance with the others, I'd be more than happy to use it. - Nov 10 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments
The new murrine engine supports real widget transparency, which I should've turned off. I'll do so in the next update, but I have a couple of other little fixes to write first.
In the meantime, open the gtkrc and change line 95: "rgba = TRUE" to FALSE.
Thanks for the catch. - Nov 10 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments
Of course, the first thing to do is try the theme out and see if it works. It's quite possible that your distribution already has a compatible version.
Failing that, you can compile the engine yourself from SVN, or hunt down a package appropriate to your distribution.
Best of luck. - Nov 09 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments
In GNOME Appearance Preferences use regular, size 8.6 (which for some reason GNOME transforms to 8.59961!) for Application, bold 8.6 for Desktop & Window, regular 9 for Document.
Hope this helps. - Nov 09 2008

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

GTK2 Themes by boy23arg 12 comments