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Re: Make GUI look better
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Jan D. |
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Re: Make GUI look better |
Date: |
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:47:58 +0200 (MEST) |
> Hi,
>
> while doing some work on menus, I realized that Emacs' GUI is "weird"
> comparing to other free software I used as an inspiration.
>
> It is weird, because it uses too thick borders around menu, around toolbar
> buttons etc. It is possible to make it suit your needs via customizing
> some variables and X resources, but by default it is ugly.
I think the GUI was made to look similar to the Motif default, I can't
tell the difference if I have two Emacsen next to each other, one with
Motif and one with Lucid menubars. Motif defaults have been considered
a bit "heavy" by users used to some other look.
Your new look is more GTK-like, and thus perhaps a bit more modern looking.
I really can't say I prefer one over the other, they both look OK to me.
Jan D.