Nicer looking GNOME appearance

[ct-martin]

(on behalf of @Tjzabel )

• [x] GNOME Dark Theme by default (arc-dark?)
• [x] Paper icon theme (by default)
• [x] Better/different default font (Overpass?)
• [x] Dash to dock defaults all working

My notes:

• ~Rumor of issues with dark theme and Firefox. Also, does this affect 57?~
• ~Liberation Sans as default Document font~

[gen1e]

A note on arc dark - it's awesome for the DE stuff but the arc firefox themes are out of date with the new firefox quantum. You would have to use the default theme, which looks much nicer nowadays and uses square tabs, like the arc themes. I forget how I made mine dark sadly.

[jwflory]

Discussed in our weekly meeting.

Implementation to be created over break

The next steps for this ticket are to convert the three suggestions above (themes / font) into an implementation in TigerOS. @Tjzabel agreed to work on this over break, and then we will review as a team at our first meeting in January to check back in.

[Tjzabel]

Update

GTK Dark theme script has been implemented. Paper icon theme set script has also been created. These commits exist on my own fork and are not yet a part of the main TigerOS build.

We (the TigerOS team) need to decide on the default TigerOS look, where the code for these changes should live, and at what point these changes are to be implemented in the install process.

[ct-martin]

@Tjzabel personally have a hard time "seeing" what it looks like from the config files, if you have a screenshot I'd appreciate it. For implementing, this should go in UI-tweaks rather than scripts, and also be part of the package. Also would like to second that we should discuss when we get back.

[ct-martin]

I'm going to propose Roboto and Noto Sans as good fonts to replace the default with. I'd also like us to make sure that the default themes aren't removed in the process (removed != !default). @Tjzabel since you have arc-dark working, can you confirm if the dark theme issue affects Firefox 57+? Finally, the comment on Liberation Sans can be ignored, it's no longer a concern for me.

[Tjzabel]

@ct-martin Roboto sounds good. And I have used the regular GTK3 dark theme. Feel free to check out my repo here. However, I have tested and checked Firefox 57 using the dark theme, and there are no issues with text boxes showing up dark as there has in the past. The default themes are not removed at all, simply changed.

[Tjzabel]

Also, keep in mind the repo I shared is always a work in progress, but that is where my changes are currently being stored. Feel free to recommend any other changes as I work.

[ct-martin]

I would propose moving this to a feature branch in the main repo for the sake of convenience and clarity ;)

-- Christian Martin

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[Tjzabel]

@ct-martin I may. For the sake of clarity as well for others, I will probably end up putting the UI improvements into the devel branch to keep our project from getting too many unnecessary branches.

[ct-martin]

I am going to maintain that this should be in a feature branch since this isn't ready for a package yet. I'm going to add this issue to the meeting on Wednesday and we can discuss it then since this debate probably will be irrelevant with the new packages.

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@ct-martin https://github.com/ct-martin I may. For the sake of clarity as well for others, I will probably end up putting the UI improvements into the devel branch to keep our project from getting too many unnecessary branches.

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[Tjzabel]

I will want to discuss this. I do not feel it should be in its own branch. However, I currently have UI tweaks in a branch of its own on my own fork here.

Good topic for discussion. @ct-martin ++

[gen1e]

~On cinnamon the dark theme is somewhat broken, fields on web browsers and external programs have problems displaying. We need to check the next time we actually have a build that GNOME doesn't have the same bug.~

Edit: Nevermind apparently currently all good on GNOME.

[Tjzabel]

Update: dark-theme and paper icon themes have been tested and are working. Currently awaiting dash-to-dock fixes before making the general UI tweaks considered finished.

[Tjzabel]

What exact default font should TigerOS use? @axk4545 @ct-martin

[ct-martin]

Roboto, Noto Sans, or Overpass. IIRC we were liking the idea of Overpass at the last meeting.

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What exact default font should TigerOS use? @axk4545 https://github.com/axk4545 @ct-martin https://github.com/ct-martin

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[Tjzabel]

Almost done! Changing the default font is the last thing left to do.

[Tjzabel]

All done!