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Make Wine apps look better

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#1

Found this neat tutorial today on how to make wine apps look much better. [SIZE="4"]The original tutorial is available here[/SIZE] - I didn't write it, just reposted here with permission.

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Theme Wine apps to better integrate with Ubuntu’s Human theme [B][SIZE="3"] Resources[/SIZE][/B]

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I had read quite a bit about Wine’s theming capabilities being limited, slow, and rather useless, but thought I would give it a go anyways. I was pleasantly surprised to find that after following these instructions Wine ran just as fast and looked a lot better.

Here is a summary of the steps I followed:

  • Of course, make sure Wine is installed
  • Download the Ubuntu Human theme from Wine from Deviant Art
  • Navigate to /home/<username>/.wine/drive_c/windows/Resources/Themes/
  • You probably have to create Resources and Themes
  • Install the *Human* theme folder (that you downloaded from Deviant Art) inside the */Resources/Themes/* folder
  • The final path to the theme’s .msstyles file needs to be /home/<username>/.wine/drive_c/windows/Resources/Themes/Human/Human.msstyles
  • Run Wine Config
  • Choose the Human theme in the Desktop Integration tab
  • Click Apply and Ok, then it will re-render all Wine apps in the new theme

Enjoy!

Source: http://www.ubuntuproductivity.com/journal/software/01/2009/theme-wine-integrate-with-ubuntu-human/

#2

The script from this post uses the colors from your current GTK theme :)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5506889&postcount=29

#3

Thanks for that!

#4

Nice. :D