I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 05:07 -0700, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
This is not adjustable in Geany at all, as it's everything GTK around, you will have to set an appropriate GTK theme for this. You usually do this in your Window Manager (Xfce, Gnome, whatever you use), there must be some settings for "Appereance" or similar.
It is possible to install additional themes for that, though. On Fedora for example you can do a "dnf search greybird" to find a cool dark theme which could probably please you.
It of course is possible to adjust settings in a configuration file named gtkrc, but thats probably getting a bit too complicated - didn't do that myself ever.
Regards. Dominic
Thanks for the reply. I’m on a mere toy operating system, namely macOS 😉 (I’m being sarcastic, BTW, I know that under the hood macOS is very Unix (or should I say FreeBSD) in flavour).
I’ll have a search on GTK matters and see what I can find...
Cheers, Carl
On 21 May 2020 at 14:37:34, Dominic Hopf via Users (users@lists.geany.org) wrote:
On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 05:07 -0700, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
This is not adjustable in Geany at all, as it's everything GTK around, you will have to set an appropriate GTK theme for this. You usually do this in your Window Manager (Xfce, Gnome, whatever you use), there must be some settings for "Appereance" or similar.
It is possible to install additional themes for that, though. On Fedora for example you can do a "dnf search greybird" to find a cool dark theme which could probably please you.
It of course is possible to adjust settings in a configuration file named gtkrc, but thats probably getting a bit too complicated - didn't do that myself ever.
Regards. Dominic _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
I had look inside the `geany.app` file, which on macOS, seems to have the whole GTK library within it. It includes a file called, promisingly, `settings.ini`. That file contains the following lines…
[Settings] gtk-icon-theme-name=Papirus gtk-theme-name=Mojave-light-solid gtk-key-theme-name=Mac
Now, I just need to find out what other theme name are available, and whether I have to download any extra files...
On 21 May 2020 at 15:45:34, Carl Caulkett (carl.caulkett@gmail.com) wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I’m on a mere toy operating system, namely macOS 😉 (I’m being sarcastic, BTW, I know that under the hood macOS is very Unix (or should I say FreeBSD) in flavour).
I’ll have a search on GTK matters and see what I can find...
Cheers, Carl
On 21 May 2020 at 14:37:34, Dominic Hopf via Users (users@lists.geany.org) wrote:
On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 05:07 -0700, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
This is not adjustable in Geany at all, as it's everything GTK around, you will have to set an appropriate GTK theme for this. You usually do this in your Window Manager (Xfce, Gnome, whatever you use), there must be some settings for "Appereance" or similar.
It is possible to install additional themes for that, though. On Fedora for example you can do a "dnf search greybird" to find a cool dark theme which could probably please you.
It of course is possible to adjust settings in a configuration file named gtkrc, but thats probably getting a bit too complicated - didn't do that myself ever.
Regards. Dominic _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
On Thu, 2020-05-21 at 07:45 -0700, Carl Caulkett wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I’m on a mere toy operating system, namely macOS 😉 (I’m being sarcastic, BTW, I know that under the hood macO S is very Unix (or should I say FreeBSD) in flavour).
Unfortunately I have no experiences with MacOS, so I'm unable to help out myself here. But I know there are people around who use Mac OS, let's see if they probably take a look at this thread. :-)
Regards, Dominic
On 5/21/20 7:07 AM, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
Before you do anything to anything, make backups of files BEFORE you even open them. And add to the orig. name, enough so you'll know from where & when they came, so you can restore if things go south (& they can, in a heartbeat).
Some / much of what or how you change the interface of apps (Geany) may depend on your OS. In Linux (Mint), the GUI colors use the colors of the system theme. Unless you have experience modifying themes, it's probably easier to find a custom theme that supports your OS version. If in Linux, a 3rd party theme also needs to support the OS version, the "desktop environment" (DE) & the DE version.
Specifically, the theme for apps that use GTK2.0 - unless the latest Geany versions use something other than GTK2.0. GTK2 uses mainly the gtkrc file for theming the interface. Changes to the OS selected theme will usually affect all apps & OS screens that use the same theming engine - what ever that is.
Windows will be different. If you're using a native theme, shipped with (what ever) OS, that's generally what apps use unless you add another theme or modify a native theme.
Modifying existing themes or installing D/L ones is relatively easy in Linux. Tutorials are everywhere showing how to edit / create / or install a new theme.
It may not be as easy in Windows (I haven't used it in several yrs).
In my Linux install of Geany, in /usr/share/geany directory, there is a "geany.css", "geany.gtkrc" (GTK2 file) & geany.glade. "Glade" is one of many GTK2.0 theming engines. None of the files appear to be complete themes. In my case, much of the UI code in /usr/share/geany is probably overridden by the installed / selected theme in my /home directory.
Note that the very latest download geany-1.36_osx-2.dmg is GTK3 IIUC so you need to edit CSSes for that one. And geany.css should then override the GTK theme.
Cheers Lex
On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 05:45, bendov@gmx.com wrote:
On 5/21/20 7:07 AM, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
Before you do anything to anything, make backups of files BEFORE you even open them. And add to the orig. name, enough so you'll know from where & when they came, so you can restore if things go south (& they can, in a heartbeat).
Some / much of what or how you change the interface of apps (Geany) may depend on your OS. In Linux (Mint), the GUI colors use the colors of the system theme. Unless you have experience modifying themes, it's probably easier to find a custom theme that supports your OS version. If in Linux, a 3rd party theme also needs to support the OS version, the "desktop environment" (DE) & the DE version.
Specifically, the theme for apps that use GTK2.0 - unless the latest Geany versions use something other than GTK2.0. GTK2 uses mainly the gtkrc file for theming the interface. Changes to the OS selected theme will usually affect all apps & OS screens that use the same theming engine - what ever that is.
Windows will be different. If you're using a native theme, shipped with (what ever) OS, that's generally what apps use unless you add another theme or modify a native theme.
Modifying existing themes or installing D/L ones is relatively easy in Linux. Tutorials are everywhere showing how to edit / create / or install a new theme.
It may not be as easy in Windows (I haven't used it in several yrs).
In my Linux install of Geany, in /usr/share/geany directory, there is a "geany.css", "geany.gtkrc" (GTK2 file) & geany.glade. "Glade" is one of many GTK2.0 theming engines. None of the files appear to be complete themes. In my case, much of the UI code in /usr/share/geany is probably overridden by the installed / selected theme in my /home directory. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
Thanks for the reply Lex! I’ve found the `Geany.css` and after dutifully making a backup of `Geany.app` I will see what damage I can do 😉
On 24 May 2020 at 00:29:01, Lex Trotman (elextr@gmail.com) wrote:
Note that the very latest download geany-1.36_osx-2.dmg is GTK3 IIUC so you need to edit CSSes for that one. And geany.css should then override the GTK theme.
Cheers Lex
On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 05:45, bendov@gmx.com wrote:
On 5/21/20 7:07 AM, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
Before you do anything to anything, make backups of files BEFORE you even open them. And add to the orig. name, enough so you'll know from where & when they came, so you can restore if things go south (& they can, in a heartbeat).
Some / much of what or how you change the interface of apps (Geany) may depend on your OS. In Linux (Mint), the GUI colors use the colors of the system theme. Unless you have experience modifying themes, it's probably easier to find a custom theme that supports your OS version. If in Linux, a 3rd party theme also needs to support the OS version, the "desktop environment" (DE) & the DE version.
Specifically, the theme for apps that use GTK2.0 - unless the latest Geany versions use something other than GTK2.0. GTK2 uses mainly the gtkrc file for theming the interface. Changes to the OS selected theme will usually affect all apps & OS screens that use the same theming engine - what ever that is.
Windows will be different. If you're using a native theme, shipped with (what ever) OS, that's generally what apps use unless you add another theme or modify a native theme.
Modifying existing themes or installing D/L ones is relatively easy in Linux. Tutorials are everywhere showing how to edit / create / or install a new theme.
It may not be as easy in Windows (I haven't used it in several yrs).
In my Linux install of Geany, in /usr/share/geany directory, there is a "geany.css", "geany.gtkrc" (GTK2 file) & geany.glade. "Glade" is one of many GTK2.0 theming engines. None of the files appear to be complete themes. In my case, much of the UI code in /usr/share/geany is probably overridden by the installed / selected theme in my /home directory. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
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On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 22:21, Carl Caulkett carl.caulkett@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the reply Lex! I’ve found the `Geany.css` and after dutifully making a backup of `Geany.app` I will see what damage I can do 😉
Sigh as the manual https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#customizing-geany-s-appearan... says, don't edit the system file. It will be overwritten when you upgrade, edit the user config one.
And Menu->Tools->Configuration files->geany.css should load the system one if there is no user one but save to the user directory, and thereafter open the user one.
Cheers Lex
PS please keep all communications on the list
On 24 May 2020 at 00:29:01, Lex Trotman (elextr@gmail.com) wrote:
Note that the very latest download geany-1.36_osx-2.dmg is GTK3 IIUC so you need to edit CSSes for that one. And geany.css should then override the GTK theme.
Cheers Lex
On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 05:45, bendov@gmx.com wrote:
On 5/21/20 7:07 AM, Carl Caulkett wrote:
I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar, the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
Before you do anything to anything, make backups of files BEFORE you even open them. And add to the orig. name, enough so you'll know from where & when they came, so you can restore if things go south (& they can, in a heartbeat).
Some / much of what or how you change the interface of apps (Geany) may depend on your OS. In Linux (Mint), the GUI colors use the colors of the system theme. Unless you have experience modifying themes, it's probably easier to find a custom theme that supports your OS version. If in Linux, a 3rd party theme also needs to support the OS version, the "desktop environment" (DE) & the DE version.
Specifically, the theme for apps that use GTK2.0 - unless the latest Geany versions use something other than GTK2.0. GTK2 uses mainly the gtkrc file for theming the interface. Changes to the OS selected theme will usually affect all apps & OS screens that use the same theming engine - what ever that is.
Windows will be different. If you're using a native theme, shipped with (what ever) OS, that's generally what apps use unless you add another theme or modify a native theme.
Modifying existing themes or installing D/L ones is relatively easy in Linux. Tutorials are everywhere showing how to edit / create / or install a new theme.
It may not be as easy in Windows (I haven't used it in several yrs).
In my Linux install of Geany, in /usr/share/geany directory, there is a "geany.css", "geany.gtkrc" (GTK2 file) & geany.glade. "Glade" is one of many GTK2.0 theming engines. None of the files appear to be complete themes. In my case, much of the UI code in /usr/share/geany is probably overridden by the installed / selected theme in my /home directory. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
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