Windows: "Metal" theme crashes Gtk2 theme selector

[Dave H]

I'll second that, there's far too many to choose from :-)

Cheers Dave H.

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.
>
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