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Hi, I am paraboy and I create GTK2 Themes and Metacity Themes.

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Murrina Haikuish

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments

I can't seem to download the file to test this version.

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
Murrina Haikuish

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments

The download is fixed!

Thank you guys for expressing interest in this theme and sorry for taking so long. - Jul 17 2010
Murrina Haikuish

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 10 comments

It's a feature of the newer murrine engine.

Try "comboboxstyle = 1" inside the engine block in the default definition. - Jul 17 2010
Haiku

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments

Great work!

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
Haiku

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments

I haven't used BeOS/Haiku to be able to tell whether Zevenos's themes are more or less accurate, but by and large I prefer this Haiku theme to theirs. - Nov 27 2009
HaikuHand

Cursors by untouchable89 3 comments

Cool! I hadn't heard of ZevenOS at all. It's basically Ubuntu with modifications in an attempt to mimick the BeOS interface.

More info:
http://www.zevenos.de/ - Nov 27 2009
Haiku

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments

This update couldn't have come at a better time. I found the time to upgrade to Ubuntu Karmic today and was looking to replace my theme which was made on a fluxbox configuration and had many bugs in vanilla GNOME.

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
Haiku

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 32 comments

I just noticed you uploaded this. I'll have a quick look now, but then I must sleep. Also, have a look at my comment in your OS2 theme.

Cheers. - Jun 14 2009
OS2

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 16 comments

That's great! I'm looking forward to it. If you want a bugtester or someone to through ideas around with, let me know. (I'm busy; but for a good Haiku theme, I'll find the time ;)

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
OS2

GTK2 Themes by untouchable89 16 comments

I love retro themes and this looks absolutely great.

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
Silver Mac Style GNOME

Wallpapers Gnome by zafar88 11 comments

Considering some of the blatant IP violations on this website, this barely registers as such.

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
Murrina Dreadful

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 6 comments

You're right! Sorry about this, link is fixed now. - Apr 28 2009
Blended NeoMod

Metacity Themes by paraboy 6 comments

You'd start by editing the metacity-theme-1.xml to your liking :)

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
Murrina Dreadful

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 6 comments

You can make the toolbar buttons smaller by commenting line 6. More compactness can be achieved by adding "GtkWidget::focus-padding = 0" in line 52 or thereabouts (it doesn't really matter as long as you're within the "theme-default" block).

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
SteelDust

GTK2 Themes by enthdegree 22 comments

Cheers :) - Apr 12 2009
SteelDust

GTK2 Themes by enthdegree 22 comments

The Segoe fonts are very nice but they are not GPL.

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
Murrina Humanity

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 7 comments

Thanks, but I'm pretty sure any comments that don't look at like the jottings of a lunatic ("# Why 14 !!!") are not by my hand :) - Apr 04 2009
Murrina Humanity

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 7 comments

I forgot to mention that you need a newish version (0.90.2 or later) of the murrine engine. How you go about getting it depends on your distro.

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
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

I have to say that months later, "crap on X from a great height" is a terrific snowclone. - Mar 27 2009
Blended NeoMod

Metacity Themes by paraboy 6 comments

Yes, there is a way, but it's harder than it looks (I've tried) and my metacity skills are atrocious :)

This was just a quick hack of Blended. Sorry I can't be more helpful :( - Mar 27 2009
ClearLUX

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 8 comments

I'll think about adding an all-dark version on the next update. It is unlikely, however, as it breaks LUX's advantage when it comes to Firefox, etc. - Mar 26 2009
GRACE

GTK2 Themes by Izo 31 comments

As a fellow themer, I mostly use my own work, and to find a theme I would consider using is rare. This is a very, very nice theme.

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
GNOME for Workgroups (Win 3.1 theme)

Metacity Themes by crashie 16 comments

Looking forward to Win 3.1 deco with glow under the title :) - Feb 24 2009
Clearlooks-XPish

GTK2 Themes by alternate 4 comments

For anyone that's wondering, the window decoration can be found here:
http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/BeSimple?content=99058

Nice theme, also :) - Feb 08 2009
Black Banana

GTK2 Themes by kpeggs 10 comments

So. It's a very black theme with blue text in the menubar. That's all, as far as I can tell. Everything else is fantasy. - Jan 08 2009
Macchiato

GTK2 Themes by SpecKtacle 81 comments

If you just comment out the style or profile line it should work fine on all versions.

If anyone is still having difficulty finding the relevant line, search for "nodoka"

Cheers. - Jan 02 2009
Prelude

Metacity Themes by sil 7 comments

"Save metacity-theme-1.xml as $HOME/.themes/Prelude/metacity-1/metacity-theme-1.xml."

Or . . . you can package the theme as a tarball with the required directory structure. Just a thought :) - Jan 02 2009
Macchiato

GTK2 Themes by SpecKtacle 81 comments

The download link works now.

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
Classic

GTK2 Themes by darkwater 28 comments

I agree, but it seems to change size arbitrarily. I'll try to have a look at the code or post a screenshot of what bugs me over the next few days. - Dec 31 2008
Clear Night

GTK2 Themes by nyenty 19 comments

Aaaah, so THAT explains it. As I posted in the "improved voting" group, I thought people were simply lunatics. Faith in humanity restored. Just in time for New Years Eve.

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
Murrina Crystal

GTK2 Themes by zhuqin 153 comments

I too had problems but a simple restart fixed everything. (I assume a log-out & in again will work as well.) - Dec 30 2008
Classic

GTK2 Themes by darkwater 28 comments

That was the fastest update. Ever.

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
Classic

GTK2 Themes by darkwater 28 comments

This is a lovely theme. Two suggestions (feel free to ignore):

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
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

Try Sans Bold and in the GNOME Appearance Preferences manually enter a size of 8.8.

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
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

I'm not sure what you mean by that :) - Dec 22 2008
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

I know about this problem. The metacity is based on 2000 Look, a theme made in 2006 when smaller resolutions were common. I'm working to create a better alternative. But in the meantime either use a smaller font or use another decoration. (I like Mist ;)

- Dec 21 2008
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

Sorry man, try again. The download didn't go through the first time. I swear this website is evil! - Dec 21 2008
Murrina Redmond

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 34 comments

There are two ways of installing a theme:

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
ClearLUX

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 8 comments

Where is it that the background is grey? If you mean the background of the website, then that is not altered by this theme. Check your firefox settings.

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
ClearLUX

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 8 comments

Credits for the look really ought to go to SzerencseFia's LUX, from which this theme's colour scheme is derived. He or she has done a stellar job of balancing dark colours with the limitations of GTK. - Dec 11 2008
Milk Flat PerfectBlue

Metacity Themes by emilywind 3 comments

Due to ignorace (I assume it's more likely than malice) Milk pixmaps have come to be treated as public domain in gnome-look. This is illegal. The laziness of the gnome-look editors is irrelevant.

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
Milk Flat PerfectBlue

Metacity Themes by emilywind 3 comments

You should, properly speaking, request permission of the original author and also whoever made the port.

Milk was originally made by Max Rudberg:
http://www.maxthemes.com/

I don't know about this blue version. - Dec 04 2008
Human 2 Remixed

GTK2 Themes by Gosh 14 comments

The tabs are brilliant. Good work! - Nov 25 2008
Fugitive

Metacity Themes by novomente 9 comments

A very good theme. Rounded version? - Nov 15 2008
Murrina Quiet

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

I love the Kamel icons, but they haven't been updated in ages and are woefully incomplete. I switch to them from time to time, for ol' times sake.

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
Murrina Quiet

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

It's not a bug, it's a feature :)

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
Murrina Quiet

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

Good question. Any recent (6 months or so) SVN build should be fine.

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
Murrina Quiet

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

Liberation Sans, Fedora's font. Just pick up the official tarball and dumb the .ttf files in ~/.fonts

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
Murrina Quiet

GTK2 Themes by paraboy 18 comments

I followed your advice. I don't think it's going to break anything. I'm not even sure why the "style" option is there in the first place, it's a relic from clearlooks for choosing between gummy, glossy, and classic. - Nov 09 2008
Compact murrine

GTK2 Themes by boy23arg 12 comments

False alarm. Both themes use a hacked clearlooks enginge. I should read more carefully before I post. Sorry! - Nov 09 2008
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