Onto the fix now.
All that needs to be done is
#1 set a default font that
a) is actually installed
b) is the same size as the default gtk2 font
c) looks decent without anti-aliasing
Here are two defaults that look pretty good
-adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal- -10-100-75-75-p-57-iso10646-1
-schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal -*-*-120-*-*-c-*-iso10646-1
#2 install a gtk1.2 theme either by including it in the libgtk1.2-common
package or making libgtk1.2-common dependant on it.
a) interestingly if I install and run 'gtk-theme-switch' from the cli, by
default I have a choice of two gtk themes (which is odd because only Default
has been installed) - Default (yurk) and IndustrialTango. Previewing
IndustrialTango results in:
Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate loadable module in module_path:
"libinudustrial.so"
me thinks the gtk-industrial-tango package should have been installed with
libgtk1.2!!!
a quick apt-get install gtk-industrial-tango later and we can finally fix up
these ugly looking gtk apps
#3 set a system default.
This bit is really easy
simply create a /etc/gtk/gtkrc file and put in it directions for the two
different issues.
note this will get overridden by a ~/.gtkrc.mine file so we are not locking
users into anything dramatic.
=============================================================
include "/usr/share/themes/IndustrialTango/gtk/gtkrc"
style "default-text" {
fontset = "-adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--10-100-75-75-p-57-iso10646-1,\
-*-r-*-iso10646-1,*"
}
class "*" style "default-text"
=============================================================
save & run any gtk1.2 app - looks a bit better huh???
so in summary here is all that needs to be done to make gtk1.2 apps look
decent by default
#1 make the libgtk1.2-common package dependent on the gtk-industrial-tango
package (like it should be????)
#2 inlcude the /etc/gtk/gtkrc file as above that we have some sort of a
decent system wide default Theme for gtk1.2 apps
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default gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts etc. correctly
https://launchpad.net/bugs/59936
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