[GNC] Where is the theme selection in 3.x?

[cicko]

Well, Tom, it's certainly an interesting discussion in general. :)

I'd like to make two points:

- You keep referring to Windows and I'm not sure why. At the moment I'm
using GnuCash on both Windows and Linux and can't say that there is much
difference if we talk about changing visual appearance. Both are using dark
themes. On Linux it is set at the OS level (window manager, actually) and in
Windows I simply followed a tip from Geert, now listed at
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GTK3, section 1.2.1 Dark Themes. All it takes
is to create a settings.ini plain text file at %LOCALAPPDATA%\gtk-3.0 (you
can paste that in Windows Explorer's address bar) and add the two lines
listed there on the page.
If you are looking for other types of customizations, do read that whole
page. It *will* get simpler if you read it a few times over a few days.
Things somehow sink in. Especially if you also try it in practice once,
fail, try it again on another day. It works miracles.

- Another point is about users not being developers. I get this a lot in all
the Open Source projects I contributed to. And perhaps it is easy for me to
say because I *am* a professional developer, but I could say that I know *a
lot* of people who used to fix their own cars. None of them were car
mechanics. A few people I know can fix almost anything they have at home (as
long as it does not have software in it! :)) but they are not professional
craftsmen or anything like that. Do note that it is year 2018. There is now
almost nothing out there that works without software. It is up to you if you
want to be semi-literate (sorry if it is sounds harsh, but yes, it is the
21st century, the age of Hal 9000 and all that), and yes, even HTML and CSS
count in "programming" nowadays. What I would really, *really*, like you too
look at is this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1mBqKvIyU. He has a much
better way of explaining this. Just look at the first five minutes if you
don't have more time. You'll see what I mean. If you can make a figure out
of wood and you're not a carpenter then why also not make your own
accounting program or a tool to change visual appearance of it?

This is addressed to all the users who shy away from doing any
"development", nothing personal. 

Cheers



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