Standalones and Linux

[Andrew Kluthe]

Yeah, I thought the same thing and switched it over to xubuntu-desktop
starting xfce and the linux screenshot I sent was actually running on xfce
and the orange stuff still stuck.

Hmmm


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 1:35 AM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 15/11/13 03:30, Andrew Kluthe wrote:
>
>> On the system with a fresh 12.04 lts installation the fonts are huge and
>> the colors are very offputting.
>>
>> On linux mint running cinnamon, things seem to be running nicely, but with
>> stock ubuntu 12.04 lts the colors are awful. On windows I recall there is
>> a
>> way to set the style of the theming to something very basic and not use
>> the
>> new windows 7 or eight themes. Is there not something similar on linux
>> that
>> will let me just turn the themeing off without having to in and change so
>> much of my program.
>>
>> Link to a Screenshot is below.
>>
>> http://oi44.tinypic.com/2wq9349.jpg  -- Ubuntu 12.04
>>
>
> Stock Ubuntu is fairly awful aesthetically; that's why I run XFCE with the
> Shiki-Wise theme.
>
> Richmond.
>
>
>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Richard Gaskin
>> <ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:
>>
>>  Andrew Kluthe wrote:
>>>
>>>   Is there anyway I can remove the theming that livecode applications
>>>
>>>> inherit
>>>> from the system on linux?
>>>>
>>>> We have a stand alone that was designed for windows and when I stick
>>>> that
>>>> on a fresh-out-the-can ubuntu 12.04 the fonts, buttons etc are
>>>> incredibly
>>>> ugly. All of my buttons turn orange and the fonts as a whole get very
>>>> large. Some of these things like the fonts I know will have to be
>>>> reworked
>>>> for the linux verson but I can hardly stand all of my buttons being
>>>> orange
>>>> by default.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to turn off livecode doing this kind of theming of my
>>>> apps?
>>>>
>>>>  By default, LiveCode does a pretty good job of adopting the themes on
>>> whatever OS it's running on:  Windows looks like Windows, Mac looks like
>>> Mac, and Ubuntu looks like Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> If you want to make a Mac app look like Ubuntu, or an Ubuntu app look
>>> like
>>> Windows, you can explicitly set the properties you want to change.
>>>
>>> For example, Ubuntu users are accustomed to seeing the OS theme color
>>> orange for highlights, but you can set the hiliteColor of controls to
>>> something else if you want.
>>>
>>> --
>>>   Richard Gaskin
>>>   Fourth World
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Regards,

Andrew Kluthe
andrew at ctech.me