Windows: "Metal" theme crashes Gtk2 theme selector

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 13 October 2014 16:26:06 Dave H wrote:
> I'll second that, there's far too many to choose from :-)
> 
> Cheers Dave H.
> 
I'm glad you see it this way.

We actually had a similar discussion on irc yesterday in which I said 
the exact same thing.

Expect the next version of gnucash on windows to ship with a reduced set 
of themes.

Geert

> On 13 October 2014 06:58, Wm <wm+gnc at tarrcity.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:00:08 <2349BCE6-4DFD-4E63-8A83-
> > 7265C992352D at ceridwen.us>  John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> > 
> >> On Oct 12, 2014, at 10:04 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> 
wrote:
> >>> On Oct 12, 2014, at 1:54 AM, Hemanshu Kumar
> >>> <hemanshusubs at gmail.com>
> >>> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>  Hi
> >>>  
> >>>> I am using GnuCash 2.6.4-1 on Windows 8.1.
> >>>> 
> >>>> When I use the Gtk2 Theme Selector program, selecting the "Metal"
> >>>> theme in
> >>>> the list (i.e. merely highlighting it, without pressing "OK")
> >>>> immediately
> >>>> crashes the program, with a Runtime Error being reported by
> >>>> Microsoft
> >>>> Visual C++ Runtime library in the program gtk2_prefs.exe
> >>>> 
> >>>> Please advise how to fix this.
> >>> 
> >>> Wow, cool. The reason you don't have to hit "OK" to make it crash
> >>> is
> >>> that the Theme Selector is trying to apply the theme to itself, so
> >>> whatever is causing the crash happens immediately.
> >>> 
> >>> I can speculate that the crash is due to a mismatch between the
> >>> binary images for the Metal theme and the dependent libraries
> >>> we're shipping for 2.6.4-1 (and 2.6.4-2); we had to recompile
> >>> those dependent libraries to get GnuCash itself to draw its UI
> >>> correctly. Seems we need to do that for the themes as well.
> >> 
> >> I can replicate the crash, when run from a terminal session it
> >> produces the additional output "warning: Invalid parameter passed
> >> to C runtime function.”, which supports my belief that it needs to
> >> be recompiled with the current MinGW environment. However, the
> >> Metal theme and engine were removed from gnome-themes, so it’s not
> >> going to be in future GnuCash releases.
> > 
> > I don't expect my opinion to be popular but I'm of the opinion that
> > a
> > minimalist set of themes is what is required.
> > 
> > We're meant to be doing accounting not gazing at backgrounds, after
> > all.
> > 
> > --
> > Wm...
> > 
> > 
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