From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ECuzN-0003H8-1X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:09:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8784ekj010463; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 08:04:40 GMT Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk (heisenberg.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.141]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j877x7Wh024629 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 07:59:07 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1ECut9-0003Cm-Nh for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:02:35 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC851425D21 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:02:34 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:02:33 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Slightly OT: favorite window manager/desktop environ? Message-ID: <20050907090233.53ea1b18@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <7ad4c5005090621414fb135c@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050831222821.GB8710@raw-sewage.net> <7ad4c5005090621414fb135c@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.14 (GTK+ 2.6.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Wed__7_Sep_2005_09_02_33_+0100_Tbj3H7x2DuB1x424; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: e55c1fba-0f12-4897-aeaf-eb441b451e34 X-Archives-Hash: 1f64b68fdf7ab283fb1a1f6792872a46 --Signature_Wed__7_Sep_2005_09_02_33_+0100_Tbj3H7x2DuB1x424 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 06:41:36 +0200, Martin S wrote: > The main problem I feel is that lots of apps are written for a specific > WM rather than a generic non-WM/DE-dependent API. Which makes the > entire desktop look like bits and pieces the cat draged home (run Gimp, > Kontact and Scid under KDE and you'll know what I mean). There was > (is?) a setting in KDE to force *some* apps to bend to the theme of > KDE, but that was buggy when I tried it last time. Each DE has its own set of design guidelines, while there isn't so much of a coherent overall standard. x11-themes/gtk-engines-qt can help with a consistent look, it seems stable nowadays. --=20 Neil Bothwick If it doesn't move, eat it. If it moves, kill it. Then eat it. --Signature_Wed__7_Sep_2005_09_02_33_+0100_Tbj3H7x2DuB1x424 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDHp6aum4al0N1GQMRAuJsAKDJkUizRRyftFDu7U5xSRr9EXpAAwCglRMU 1sK9U45GkRkNp1NCc/A8d14= =5YJi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Wed__7_Sep_2005_09_02_33_+0100_Tbj3H7x2DuB1x424-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list