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QGtkStyle Offers Native Gtk Look For Qt Programs

Posted by timothy on from the cross-platform-within-a-platform dept.

sekra writes "A new project called QGtkStyle by Trolltech Labs gives Qt4 based applications the possibility to integrate natively into Gtk based desktops like Gnome or Xfce. Instead of simply imitating Gtk styles QGtkStyle uses the Gtk theme engine directly. The project is still considered experimental, but is another step into better integration between Qt and Gtk applications. A project at Google Code has been set up as well." Anything that makes the various excellent Free software desktops work better together deserves kudos.

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  1. Re:Native QT look for GTK programs? by tolan-b · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Are people still going on about the GTK file dialogue after its redesign? Jeez... works fine here.

    Anyway, a skinning engine isn't going to replace the file dialogue.

  2. Here we go again-2 options when only one is needed by acomj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    QT/ GTK
    KDE / GNOME

    Sometimes I think Linux would be better off with one option instead of many.

    Sure technically "many options" is better but sometimes fewer options that are common across all machines would make the platform more desktop friendly.

    I just use a text console and bash for my servers, and just remote into them...

  3. Re:How about GNUstep? by argent · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I bet you think a Thinkpad is "fugly" too.

    The *step widgets are old, they're copying what NeXT (and Apple in Rhapsody) had in 1997. Updating the widgets to look like 2008 instead of 1997 is trivial compared to what QGtkStyle is doing, and the GNUstep frameworks are easy to modify. Look at what Apple did with the NeXTstep frameworks that they're copycatting.

    So even if they were "fugly", which they're not, that's an utter irrelevance.