#78 Allow UI to be themed

[William Kendrick]

Provide a "--theme" option that tells Tux Paint to use an alternate set of UI graphics.

[William Kendrick]

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Additionally, it would be nice if Tux Paint could hook into the current desktop theme (probably fairly easy to do on Linux-like systems with GNOME and/or KDE available -- one may want to specify the path or name of the theme). We'd need to map each of Tux Paint's tools to FreeDesktop.org standards. Another problem would be Magic Tools, many of which are fairly unique to Tux Paint, so likely do not have icons.

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Another note: Currently, using the new plug-in API, Magic Tools return their icons as SDL surfaces when the plugins are loaded, at Tux Paint start-up. The API would need to be extended to allow the plug-in to check first in the current themes folder, then the default folder.

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Note: Themeability is a Google Summer of Code 2008 idea that has been popular with student applicants.

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Note: RFE #1673345 ("Allow UI buttons larger than 48x48") is highly related to this RFE.

[Anonymous]

I think unique icons will be better for popular on different OS application. And I think icons must be not fully themed. May be just color, or any default types (bw, color, 3d, …). Themed icons can make problems. Theme developers have no stops. :)