From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:04:10 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-gui: use themed tk widgets with Tk 8.5 Message-ID: <7vws0ha2mt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Pat Thoyts writes: > 2009/12/20 Johannes Schindelin : >>> >>>  On Windows and MacOSX ttk defaults to the native look as much as possible. >>>  On X11 the user may select a theme using the TkTheme XRDB resource class. >> >> Maybe you could describe a quick way to set that resource? > > echo '*TkTheme: clam' | xrdb -merge - > > Or edit ~/.Xdefaults or maybe ~/.Xresources to add a line containing > *TkTheme: clam > Used to be the X resource database was the way to customize X11. The > builtin themes are: > default: thin borders, kind of windows98ish > classic: motif style > alt: more windowsy still. > clam: based on some version of the XFCE look a few years ago. On X, does the "default: thin borders, kind of windows98ish" look very different from the non-themed classic Tk style? What I am trying to get at is to gain enough information so that I can suggest a rewrite of these two lines (quoted at the beginning by Dscho) like this: Ttk defaults to the native look as much as possible on Windows and MacOSX; the default on X is the _________ look. The user may choose a theme by: - on Windows, doing ________; - on MacOSX, doing _________; - on X, selecting a theme using the TkTheme XRDB resource class; which I think would be much easier to read.