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Bug 602313 - GIMP does not display theme icons under openbox windows manager
GIMP does not display theme icons under openbox windows manager
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.6.6
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-18 15:43 UTC by james mcdowall
Modified: 2009-11-20 00:14 UTC
See Also:
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Description james mcdowall 2009-11-18 15:43:09 UTC 
I am running crunchbang linux 9.04.1
I am using the windows manager Openbox.
I have installed a custom icon set through lxappearance but GIMP does not
update its window icon rather it displays the default GIMP icon.  This also
means that many panels such as tint2 and lxpanel show the original GIMP icon
rather than the theme.

Under Gnome GIMP will change it's icon to display the user defined icon.  Is
it possible for GIMP to change it's icon under openbox?
Comment 1 Michael Schumacher 2009-11-18 17:17:15 UTC 
This is not a bug report. Please use the gimp-user mailing list for assistance.
Comment 2 james mcdowall 2009-11-18 21:35:28 UTC 
Purely to increase my own understanding, would it be possible to get a brief explanation as to why this is not a bug report?

Thanks
Comment 3 Michael Schumacher 2009-11-19 08:50:14 UTC 
Because of this: "Is it possible for GIMP to change it's icon under openbox?"

A bug report would be like "According to $spec/$apidocs, the window icon should change with this theme, but doesn't."

As long as you're not sure if the behaviour is a bug, it isn't.
Comment 4 james mcdowall 2009-11-19 21:25:30 UTC 
May I rephrase then...

It is expected behavior for an application to display a theme icon, if the theme supplies an icon for the application.  GIMP follows this behaviour under gnome and KDE windows managers but does not exhibit the correct behaviour under openbox windows manager.

From investigating this topic I have learned that the icon theme is changed
by changing an Xsetting, which gtk+ will pick up. It will then emit the
"changed" signal on the default GtkIconTheme and the "style_set" signal
on all related widgets.

Its up to applications to catch these signals and change the icon they
set for the window. GIMP is not catching these signals under openbox.
Comment 5 Sven Neumann 2009-11-20 00:14:07 UTC 
Since GIMP follows this behavior on GNOME and KDE window managers, this is clearly not a bug in GIMP, but in openbox. Please report the problem there.