Which gtk engine(s) are available on OS X

[John Ralls]

On Jan 17, 2014, at 9:12 PM, farleykj <farleykj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to customize the look of GnuCash, via the .gtkrc-2.0.gnucash file.
> The file is being read, and I can bind keys, change colors and such fine.
> However, if I try to do anything "fancier", like gradient colors, with the
> "xfce" engine, there is no effect. Could this be because the engine is
> invalid, or am I (an admitted extreme rookie to this) ignorant of some
> callout or whatnot that is needed?
> Are there any helpful docs about how to do more than trivial changes to the
> look of Gnucash?
> 

AFAIK there's nothing specifically about theming Gtk on OSX, but there's all sorts of info on theming in general.

I've had some success using the clearview theme engine, though I haven't tried on Lion-and-later. I encountered some issues, which I don't remember the specifics of, and decided that it was better not to try to theme GnuCash for distribution. 

IIRC the theme engine needs to be compiled and installed where libgtk-quartz can find it, meaning that you might need to adjust the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash or adjust the rpath in the engine's dylib with install_name_tool and put it in the bundle. 

Regards,
John Ralls