Description: NOTE: ====== Unfortunately, after years of Gnome3, even minor updates of GTK+ or Gnome-Shell break themes and waste hours of work.
GnomishBeige is a clean beige theme for GTK3, plus a matching GTK2 theme that depends on the latest Murrine and Pixmap engines.
*** Current Dependencies ***
GTK3 = 3.12.X (works with 3.10 and maybe with 3.8 too) gtk2-engines-murrine >= 0.98.1.1 (for GTK2) gtk2-engines-pixbuf >= 2.24.10 (for GTK2) Metacity >= 2.34 (for GTK2)
*** Notes ***
1) Ubuntu users should remove the package(s) "overlay-scrollbar" if they see blackened widget areas or if they just want to have the default scrollbars. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/+bug/1064147
2) Please take a look at the file "README" in the theme folder for a tip on Epiphany.
3) You won't need the source package unless you want to modify the theme or make a deb or an rpm package from it.Last changelog:
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Jul 25 2013 ----------- Updated for Gnome-3.8. Removed the dark variant (which was useless anyway; dark theme lovers could use GnomishDark).
Mar 1 2014 ----------- Updated for GTK+-3.10 but should work with 3.8 too. Dropped the Shell theme (its maintenance wasn't possible due to the shaky state of Gnome-Shell).
Mar 3 2014 ----------- Added a matching Unity theme for Ubuntu Trusty. Thanks to Alin (hotice).
Apr 25 2014 ----------- No dependency on Adwaita anymore. Updated for GTK+-3.12 (still works with 3.10).
May 9 2014 ----------- Added support for Gnome's client side decorations (second screnshot).
tsujan,
This is my most favorite theme of all time. I've been using it quite a while now. It's beautiful...and yet easy on the eyes. IMO, very tastefully done.
Bob
Thank you vey much for your kind words!
I'm sorry to say that, keeping a distance from everything related to Gnome or GTK, most probably I won't update this theme anymore and, due to the Gnome dev's habit of breaking themes, it won't work with a future version of GTK.
The only GTK theme, that I may update, is E17gtk (for use under E).
Ubuntu 14.04 (Unity) now uses GTK3 CSS themed window decorations... could you please add support for it?
More info:
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/02/ubuntu-1404-unity-gets-new-gtk3-css.html
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Theming
I update my works based on what's in Debian Testing/Unstable because I prefer to have a really stable and working system. I also keep an eye on the latest STABLE Ubuntu too (on VirtualBox) because of Unity. So please wait until Ubuntu 14.4 becomes stable or use a compatible theme! This theme may not even work with gtk-3.12.
OK, I'm downloading Trusty's ISO image now. If it works smoothly on VirtualBox, I'll add support for the new Unity decorations soon because the direction Ubuntu goes in seems promising to me.
I added a Unity theme for Trusty and tested it on VirtualBox. The theme is updated now. It would be great if you test it too.
Thanks for telling me about the new CSS Unity theme!
Thank you! I'm using it now and it works great. Also, it looks like the overlay-scrollbars and black widgets bug doesn't occur any more in Ubuntu 14.04.
The overlay-scrollbar bug shows itself only with some (rare) themes that use a general gradient for windows. GnomishBeige isn't among them but GnomishGray is.
I'll add a Unity theme to my other themes later.
hi tsujan,
I voted your nice content up. What about this suggestion:
packing all your themes into one ppa-repository?? This would
make things easier for you in case of maintaining. And users
would have it easier with updating your nice themes.
Greetings
Karmicbastler
Thank you, Karmicbastler!
NoobsLab (https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/) and WebUpd8 (https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/) nicely pack all my Gnome related themes.
Apart from that, on the one hand, PPA only covers Debian based systems and, othe other hand, my focus is on KDE nowadays (Gnome3 breaks themes with every update besides many other problems it creates for users).
Thanks for this Theme. I've been using it for a while and I love it.
Since a few days or weeks, in applications such as transmission or evince, the menus are clear, instead of dark, which makes them hard to read and unconsistent with other applications. I suppose it is a matter of GTK2 / GTK3 difference.
Is this a known issue ? Is there something I can do about it ?
Thanks again.
As I was busy with updating my other two themes, I haven't updated GnomishBeige yet, so the issue may be because your installed GTK version is 3.8.
I'll upload a new version in a few days. Thank you for reminding me :)
Hi.
I don't know how to check that but you're probably right about GTK 3.8 being the cause.
Thanks for answering.
Is there a chance GnomishBeige could be integrated in debian repos ? A place I could support that integration ?
So you're a Debian user like I am :) Yes, GTK+ has been updated to 3.8 in Debian Testing but Gnome is still 3.4.
WebUpd8 nicely packages all Gnomish themes at:
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/themes
Also NoobsLab kindly makes deb packages at:
https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/themes/+index
Please read about the methods of adding repositories to apt or download the packages manually.
Thanks for the links. I subscribed to this page, so I'll be informed of new versions.
Yet, this is a nice theme, which deserves audience, so I'd support its integration in debian, be it as a gtk-theme-gnomish package or as part of a greater package like gtk-themes-extra-something.
Thanks a lot for your support! Debian is very strict in adding new software to its repositories and I admire it for that. If it weren't so, you'd have Gnome-3.8 now, with all of its troubles and bugs (it's in Experimental).
I think a GTK theme should be directly related to Gnome for them to add it to gnome-themes-extra and GnomishBeige isn't so. I'm not sure though.
Thanks for the new version.
I just tested and it seems to work like a charm.
Note that I get a warning in the console output I don't get with Adwaita :
WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: La ressource dans « /org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css » n'existe pas
(Ressource in « /org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css » does not exist.)
The source can't be compiled anymore in the latest Dec 10 2012 version:
glib-compile-resources --sourcedir=GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0 GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/gtk
GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/gtk: Error on line 9 char 1: Error processing input file with to-pixdata:
failed to load "GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/assets/menu-border.svg": Couldn't recognize the image file format for file 'GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/assets/menu-border.svg'
Previous versions worked just fine...
I downloaded the source from here and found no issue: I used the same command as you did and the file gtk.gresource was created correctly.
Are you sure you haven't changed or removed anything? Please download the source and retry! That command should be issued from inside the folder gnomishbeige-20121210.
I'm building it on launchpad and it has worked for the past few months.
Here's the build log: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/125453180/buildlog_ubuntu-quantal-i386.gnomishbeige-theme_20121210-1~webupd8~2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz
I've also had to add "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev" as build dependency or else it would fail to build with another error.
From the log I can say that, for some reason, the file menu-border.svg is missing or corrupted on Launchpad.
> I've also had to add libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev...
Yes, the theme uses to-pixdata now, which is more compact. gnome-themes-standard v3.6 uses the same method too. However, the error message isn't related to that.
I've re-downloaded the theme from here, re-uploaded to Launchpad, same bug, same error so it's a bug in the theme... maybe you've uploaded a corrupt file?
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tsujan, This is my most favorite theme of all time. I've been using it quite a while now. It's beautiful...and yet easy on the eyes. IMO, very tastefully done. Bob
Thank you vey much for your kind words! I'm sorry to say that, keeping a distance from everything related to Gnome or GTK, most probably I won't update this theme anymore and, due to the Gnome dev's habit of breaking themes, it won't work with a future version of GTK. The only GTK theme, that I may update, is E17gtk (for use under E).
Ubuntu 14.04 (Unity) now uses GTK3 CSS themed window decorations... could you please add support for it? More info: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/02/ubuntu-1404-unity-gets-new-gtk3-css.html https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Theming
I update my works based on what's in Debian Testing/Unstable because I prefer to have a really stable and working system. I also keep an eye on the latest STABLE Ubuntu too (on VirtualBox) because of Unity. So please wait until Ubuntu 14.4 becomes stable or use a compatible theme! This theme may not even work with gtk-3.12.
Ubuntu 14.04 uses GTK 3.10 (and won't update to 3.12) so GTK is not an issue...
OK, I'm downloading Trusty's ISO image now. If it works smoothly on VirtualBox, I'll add support for the new Unity decorations soon because the direction Ubuntu goes in seems promising to me.
Thank you!
I added a Unity theme for Trusty and tested it on VirtualBox. The theme is updated now. It would be great if you test it too. Thanks for telling me about the new CSS Unity theme!
Thank you! I'm using it now and it works great. Also, it looks like the overlay-scrollbars and black widgets bug doesn't occur any more in Ubuntu 14.04.
The overlay-scrollbar bug shows itself only with some (rare) themes that use a general gradient for windows. GnomishBeige isn't among them but GnomishGray is. I'll add a Unity theme to my other themes later.
hi tsujan, I voted your nice content up. What about this suggestion: packing all your themes into one ppa-repository?? This would make things easier for you in case of maintaining. And users would have it easier with updating your nice themes. Greetings Karmicbastler
Thank you, Karmicbastler! NoobsLab (https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/) and WebUpd8 (https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/) nicely pack all my Gnome related themes. Apart from that, on the one hand, PPA only covers Debian based systems and, othe other hand, my focus is on KDE nowadays (Gnome3 breaks themes with every update besides many other problems it creates for users).
Thanks for this Theme. I've been using it for a while and I love it. Since a few days or weeks, in applications such as transmission or evince, the menus are clear, instead of dark, which makes them hard to read and unconsistent with other applications. I suppose it is a matter of GTK2 / GTK3 difference. Is this a known issue ? Is there something I can do about it ? Thanks again.
As I was busy with updating my other two themes, I haven't updated GnomishBeige yet, so the issue may be because your installed GTK version is 3.8. I'll upload a new version in a few days. Thank you for reminding me :)
Hi. I don't know how to check that but you're probably right about GTK 3.8 being the cause. Thanks for answering. Is there a chance GnomishBeige could be integrated in debian repos ? A place I could support that integration ?
So you're a Debian user like I am :) Yes, GTK+ has been updated to 3.8 in Debian Testing but Gnome is still 3.4. WebUpd8 nicely packages all Gnomish themes at: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/themes Also NoobsLab kindly makes deb packages at: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/themes/+index Please read about the methods of adding repositories to apt or download the packages manually.
Thanks for the links. I subscribed to this page, so I'll be informed of new versions. Yet, this is a nice theme, which deserves audience, so I'd support its integration in debian, be it as a gtk-theme-gnomish package or as part of a greater package like gtk-themes-extra-something.
Thanks a lot for your support! Debian is very strict in adding new software to its repositories and I admire it for that. If it weren't so, you'd have Gnome-3.8 now, with all of its troubles and bugs (it's in Experimental). I think a GTK theme should be directly related to Gnome for them to add it to gnome-themes-extra and GnomishBeige isn't so. I'm not sure though.
Thanks for the new version. I just tested and it seems to work like a charm. Note that I get a warning in the console output I don't get with Adwaita : WARNING **: Can't load fallback CSS resource: Failed to import: La ressource dans « /org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css » n'existe pas (Ressource in « /org/gnome/adwaita/gtk-fallback.css » does not exist.)
Thank you for confirming that the new version works OK. That console warning isn't related to the theme and seems harmless.
The source can't be compiled anymore in the latest Dec 10 2012 version: glib-compile-resources --sourcedir=GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0 GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/gtk GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/gtk: Error on line 9 char 1: Error processing input file with to-pixdata: failed to load "GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/assets/menu-border.svg": Couldn't recognize the image file format for file 'GnomishBeige/gtk-3.0/assets/menu-border.svg' Previous versions worked just fine...
I downloaded the source from here and found no issue: I used the same command as you did and the file gtk.gresource was created correctly. Are you sure you haven't changed or removed anything? Please download the source and retry! That command should be issued from inside the folder gnomishbeige-20121210.
I'm building it on launchpad and it has worked for the past few months. Here's the build log: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/125453180/buildlog_ubuntu-quantal-i386.gnomishbeige-theme_20121210-1~webupd8~2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz I've also had to add "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev" as build dependency or else it would fail to build with another error.
From the log I can say that, for some reason, the file menu-border.svg is missing or corrupted on Launchpad. > I've also had to add libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev... Yes, the theme uses to-pixdata now, which is more compact. gnome-themes-standard v3.6 uses the same method too. However, the error message isn't related to that.
I've re-downloaded the theme from here, re-uploaded to Launchpad, same bug, same error so it's a bug in the theme... maybe you've uploaded a corrupt file?