Re: Looking like Windows on Windows

[Nicolas Roard]

On 7/11/05, Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> What can I do to make my GNUstep/Windows app look like a 'native' windows
> app?
> 
> I know there's still work to me done making the menubar act like Windows'
> per-window menubar, so I'm not asking about that.
> 
> Instead, I'd like my app to look less foreign. Using the system-supplied
> colors and at least paint widgets that look like WinXP widgets.
> 
> I know WindowMaker is themeable, but I haven't seen a WinXP-style theme
> for it. In fact, WindowMaker themes seem limited to just replacing widget
> backgrounds and fonts.

Keep in mind that WindowMaker has NO relations with GNUstep, other
than beeing the prefferred window manager under X11. WindowMaker
doesn't use GNUstep, is programmed in C, etc. It uses its own toolkit,
so any toolkit comparisons between GNUstep and wmaker are
meaningless...

The "plan" (at least mine) to have GNUstep apps looking like windows
apps is to create a Camaelon theme, and possibly another gui bundle so
that GNUstep system colors would be read from the windows system
colorlist. Note that you could also change the system colorlist on
gnustep already, either by hand (add them in your defaults), by code,
or by using the Preferences.app colorpref module.

With the right colors
(http://www.roard.com/screenshots/gnustep-windows.png) gnustep apps
looks more integrated (I believe the gdi backend has now resolved the
"black" parts in transparent images, right?). Note the winzip window
in the lower right of the sshot.

Of course, a real "windows theme" would be ideal.

-- 
Nicolas Roard
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  -Arthur C. Clarke