This is one of the GSoC 2010 Projects.
Themed Tk on Unix
Ewa Leszczyńska
Jeff Hobbs
Tk Widget Styling Support is a really old topic. First mention I found is http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/48 with date of 23 July 2001, and I want to finish it now. I often have that urge to change the look of applications. But I know that theming is not just to make eye candys. This topic is generally about rewriting the code from Motif-looking widgets to use Qt or GTK instead. That way system layouts can have an effect on Tk programs.
I want to rewrite the code from Motif-looking widgets to use Qt or GTK instead. That way system layouts can have an effect on Tk programs. I am aware of previous attempts to achieve this goal. In the course of the project I will evaluate them and either use them or reimplement the code.
The concept of the solution was evolving through the years. Now Tile-qt is working but incomplete and segfaults on exit. Tile-gtk doesn't work at the moment. I want to spend some time rewiewing it and talk to comunity of users, get mentor advice to get sure that they would be satisfied of that I will do and how.
I always spend some time to give my applications a distinct look and take care of good HCI. I like it how Tk looks under Mac, but I work mostly on Linux last days, so I more often have that feeling to do it another way and use the rich graphic possibilities.
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