[arch-general] kde dark themes

David Rosenstrauch darose at darose.net
Wed Jun 3 11:02:14 EDT 2009


David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> David C. Rankin wrote:
>> David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>>> David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>>>> If you look at my desktop snapshot
>>> Umm ... I meant *this* desktop snapshot:
>>> http://darose.net/DaroseDesktop.png
>>>
>>> DR
>>>
>>
>> The holy grail -- a workable dark theme! Cool look.
> 
> Thanks.  Yeah, I like it.  I spend a LOT of time coding (including a 
> good bit of late-night coding) so I have a strong preference for 
> bright(ish) text on a dark background.  Trying to work with black text 
> on a white background pretty much feels like having a bright lamp 
> shining right in my face all day!  :-)
> 
> The KDE3 color scheme file for it is available here, btw, if anyone 
> wants it:  http://www.darose.net/Dark-Blue-Grey-Dave4.kcsrc
> 
> DR

If anyone's interested, I tweaked my funky dark KDE3 theme slightly, and 
I'm liking it a lot.  I changed the "selected text" colors to something 
much more pleasing to the eye.

Old:  http://www.darose.net/Dark-Blue-Grey-Dave4.png

New:  http://www.darose.net/Dark-Blue-Grey-Dave9.png

New theme file available here: 
http://www.darose.net/Dark-Blue-Grey-Dave9.kcsrc

DR


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