Re: Cross Platform GNUStep GUI with Native Look-And-Feel

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

as far as I know, there is no tutorial around on how to "package" an 
application in a self-contained package containing gnustep and the theme.

However, to test the look and see how well the certain application 
works, install GNUstep in the most common way on that platform.
Get the theme and install it. (make install should be enough, but you 
can drag it into  Library/Themes, either of the System, Local or even 
your own User domain)

The themes are available in our modules under plugins/themes:
"GnomeTheme" and "WinUXTheme"

You can set the theme system-wide with system preferences and the themes 
module.

You can also start your application, go in the info panel, click on the 
"theme" link and a selectionpanel will appear. Once you set it, it will 
be set only for that specific application.

(At the end, both procedures just write a default, one in the global 
domain, one for the app domain).

Please bear in mind that while dynamic theme switching is in theory 
supported, themes with "native" resources as menus, etc.. might not 
load/unload properly. Restart your application.

Riccardo

On 07/15/11 17:37, aditya siram wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response.
>
> Is there a tutorial showing how to build a GNUstep application using
> the GTK or Windows theme? I realize they are not done, but if they
> work even halfway well I'd be interested in using them.
>
> -deech