Ted Byers said the following on 06/04/2012 03:30 PM:
As for my question, I have never used KDE before, [...] One of my favourite libraries is jQuery. [...] Now, on their themes web page, [...] Simply clicking on one of the themes on the left lets you see what all of the various controls look like on the right. Moreover, they have what they call a theme roller, that basically lets you roll you own theme if none of the existing ones appeals to you. So, Peter wanted a fast solution. My question is, is there not something available for Linux desktops, whether Gnome or KDE, that provides the same capability?
Yes. Its under systemsettings. And no its not exactly like that, but yes it does all that. Systemsetting is the "Control Centre" for KDE. http://userbase.kde.org/System_Settings http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kde-workspace/systemsettings/screen.html I'm still time-warped to a CLI for many things so I type 'systemsettings' to invoke it or 'kcmshell4 --list' to see a list of the available KDE System Settings modules,
This is a fast way to theme an application.
Many themes available and many more can be downloaded. And you can make minor or major adjustments (and even upload the result!)
if I decide I don't like the theme I am currently using, for whatever reason, I can go to jQuery' s website and get a new one in seconds (being able to see on their site what each looks like).
Yes, that's at http://kde-look.org/ Look at the menu on the LHS: you can dress up any and all KDE applications individually as well, add sounds and more. Oh, and non-KDE applications :-) Another example http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php?content=151425
And if I decide I don't like any of the ones they have at present, I can make a new one using their theme roller in a matter of minutes.
Yes. You can fine tune and pick and choose to your heart's content
It seems like an obvious thing to have. So, is there such a tool, and if so, where is it, both in Gnome and in KDE?
Yes, as I say, visit 'systemsettings' for KDE. I don't use Gnome so can't comment.
My only irritant with them (and it applies to both) is that they often put things in places other than were I'd expected to find them
I would have though 'systemsettings' was pretty obvious. And its been discussed on this list in the past and David Rankin often posts about the themes he's used and 'fine tuned'.
(I have yet to find the configuration files for subversion or sshd,
Are you talking global (in which case they would be under /etc) or per user, in which case they'd be under ~/.subversion/config and ~/.ssh Of course you can over-ride various aspects of both with environment variables All this is documented in the manual pages or could be found by googling. As in RTFM. -- "Now look," Forrester said patiently, "progress is an outmoded idea. We've got to be in step with the times. We've got to ask ourselves what progress ever did for us." -- Randall Garett, "Pagan Passions", 1959 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org