
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
Clearlooks is new modern looking engine, based on Bluecurve. It has the looks of various themes blended together, resulting in a theme that's easy on the eyes and visually pleasing ;)
The difference with pixmap based themes, is that it does not sacrifice a lot of speed.
Since it's an engine, the installation differs from a 'normal' theme. Just run "./configure --prefix=/usr && make install" and you should be set.
Note: make sure that ~/.gtkrc-2.0 is not overriding a theme, as it has priority over the theme managers.
When updating from a previous version of Clearlooks keep in mind that applications still running will continue to use the old version of the engine. Switching themes may cause incompatibilities with the new theme definition. Those applications will then revert to the default GTK look. When this happens you will have to restart those applications. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Now, drool at the screenshots, and enjoy using it :)
!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As of version 0.4, there is an optional animated progressbar. It has to be enabled manually by the brave. To do this, install it with "./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-animation" followed by "make install" as root.
GTK+ developers consider this new feature a horrible hack. But it's cool! We've tested it quite well, and it doesn't break anything we know of. If an application crashes, make sure that Clearlooks isn't the cause. If it is, please notify me.
!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER NOTE !!!!!!!!
Clearlooks has a mailinglist. If you have a question, please send it there. The address is:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=129376
THE METACITY THEME HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THIS PACKAGE. You should get it seperately from http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=21237
15 years ago
Clearlooks 0.6.2:
Fixed crash in OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 + Ximian.
Applied patch from Cary Coady to fix a segfault when progressbar has no parent.
Removed metacity theme from the engine package (accidently left it in 0.6.1).
Clearlooks 0.6.1:
Fixed wrong rendering of combobox in some themes.
Consistent rendering of buttons in glade and gimp.
Compatability fix for GTK 2.2 from Hongli Lai.
Forgot to mention new listview headers in 0.6.0!
Clearlooks 0.6:
New menuitem style.
Listview item gradients enabled by default.
Tweaked radio- and checkboxes.
New checkmark graphic from Steven Garrity.
New gradient on buttons.
Buttons appear semi-sunken (with new themes).
Fixed GtkNotebook colors in glade and gaim (and others).
Menubar gradient slightly lighter so accommodate border-less WM themes.
Previous releases:
Check the NEWS file in the release tarball.
15 years ago
Clearlooks 0.6.2:
Fixed crash in OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 + Ximian.
Applied patch from Cary Coady to fix a segfault when progressbar has no parent.
Removed metacity theme from the engine package (accidently left it in 0.6.1).
Clearlooks 0.6.1:
Fixed wrong rendering of combobox in some themes.
Consistent rendering of buttons in glade and gimp.
Compatability fix for GTK 2.2 from Hongli Lai.
Forgot to mention new listview headers in 0.6.0!
Clearlooks 0.6:
New menuitem style.
Listview item gradients enabled by default.
Tweaked radio- and checkboxes.
New checkmark graphic from Steven Garrity.
New gradient on buttons.
Buttons appear semi-sunken (with new themes).
Fixed GtkNotebook colors in glade and gaim (and others).
Menubar gradient slightly lighter so accommodate border-less WM themes.
Previous releases:
Check the NEWS file in the release tarball.
ellenharri
2 months ago
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frecon
13 years ago
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bitlooter
14 years ago
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saib0t
15 years ago
Together with garGANTuan icons my desktop realy rocks.
Absolutley amazing.! ;)
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Ferio
15 years ago
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `i686-pc-linux-': machine `i686-pc-linux' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub i686-pc-linux- failed
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DelilahDemoe
15 years ago
Thanks!
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Fedorateur
15 years ago
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pengyou12345
15 years ago
Thank you so much!
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smitjel
15 years ago
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michaeldominic
15 years ago
I still have a problem with the "candy" progress bars, but I understand you can't make everybody happy. It would be cool though, If we have a build option to disable that (and use plain ones instead).
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Sparrk
15 years ago
progressbarstyle = 0 # 0 = candy bar, 1 = flat
Change that to 1 in the particular gtkrc.
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michaeldominic
15 years ago
changing to
progressbarstyle = 1
does not seem to work for me (same candy bar). Other changeable things (ie. menubarstyle) work though. I've got my clearlooks built without animation support. Could it be the reason?
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bvc
15 years ago
I thought if you compiled without
--enable-animation
it was disable
Once compiling with
--enable-animation
disabling has never worked for me. It's has never made a diff.
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michaeldominic
15 years ago
I don't want animation and I don't want the candy bar. I just want a plain progress bar, like in the good industrial days... ;)
One more thing I noticed - the new buttons cause small glitches in applications that draw them on a non-standard background color (like: Evolution, MonoDoc). Check screenshot:
http://www.mdk.org.pl/linux/evolution.png
This is a tiny issue, but maybe it can be resolved with some kind of alpha-drawing.
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michaeldominic
15 years ago
One more thing - the new "tick" is cool. It would be nice, if we could use it for menu ticks as well. Check the screenshot:
http://www.mdk.org.pl/linux/clearlooks.png
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bored2k
15 years ago
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Sparrk
15 years ago
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bvc
15 years ago
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Sparrk
15 years ago
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bvc
15 years ago
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bvc
15 years ago
-theme manager not loading (or unloading...had to kill)
-menubarstyles not changing
-leftover colors from one scheme to another and when to another engine
-no nautilus (icons and background not set at login...had to kill)
-no bowsers would start
that was enough for me to revert to 0.5
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15 years ago
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15 years ago
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15 years ago
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15 years ago
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