On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 19:20, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 2020-02-29 at 18:51 +0200, Lib Lists wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > thanks for your message. > > Answers below, > > > [...] > > > That's very interesting to know that it is possible to get the > > > latest > > > Denemo on a Mac. What version of Denemo do you have working, and > > > where > > > did it come from? > > > > Latest Denemo (version 2.3.2), compiled from source, downloaded from > > the git repository https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/denemo.git > > great! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, there are a couple of problems (see attached > > > > screenshots): > > > > > > > > 1) Is it possible to change the keyboard shortcuts text or the > > > > menu > > > > background colours (dark grey on dark blue)? I tried > > > > changing the > > > > JWM > > > > theme but it didn't work (Screenshot_1). > > > > > > The color of the keyboard shortcuts is hard wired, unfortunately, > > > and I > > > see from your picture that it doesn't work well with themes that > > > use a > > > dark background with light colored lettering. The menu background > > > color > > > and the color of the labels in the menus is not hard-wired by > > > Denemo > > > however, so theming should work for them. I've not explored how > > > themes > > > can be chosen under Gtk though so I can't really go beyond saying > > > it > > > should work :( Do other Gtk-based applications change appropriately > > > on > > > that virtual machine? > > > > Hi, just tested with Abiword > is that a Gtk based program (or Qt for example)?
It's a Gtk program. > > > and the 'theme chooser' application and > > everything works correctly. However, Denemo menus don't change, only > > its title bar does. > > Hmm, it sounds like there is more than one layer of theming here: your > window manager is being themed by your "theme chooser" but not actual > program - Gtk allows the user to theme the programs compiled with it > and it comes with a number of themes to choose from. But I haven't > experimented with it (or if I have it was long enough ago for me to > forget...). I really don't know the inner working of Puppy Linux, there's a JWM Theme Switcher and a > > > > > > > > > > > 2) When I click 'Open Command Center on this command', the > > > > Command > > > > Center window appears without title bar, and the only way to > > > > close > > > > the > > > > window is from the View menu (Screenshot_2). > > > > > > The appearance of the window without decorations is presumably some > > > bug > > > in the Gtk version you are compiled or running with... I can be > > > pretty > > > certain Denemo does not request a window without decorations for > > > the > > > Command Center. > > > > I've used libgtk-3-dev_3.22.30 > > I see I have 3.22.11 which I guess is what my Debian oldstable comes > with. > > > > > > > > > > However, the behaviour > > > > happens only the first time and on the following times the title > > > > bar > > > > appears. Unfortunately then the menu from which 'Open Command > > > > Center' > > > > was invoked remains visible (Screenshot_3). > > > > > > I tested this (on Debian) and the menu remains visible but can be > > > dismissed by clicking off the menu (e.g. clicking on the Command > > > Center > > > itself). Does that not happen with your version? > > > > Yes, the same happens here. > > ok, then that is the "normal" behavior - perhaps it could pop-down the > menu when that option is chosen, it would need a bug filing against it > if it is behavior that bothers you... > > HTH Richard >