#39754: Make gnome-themes-standard setup as gtk2 and 3 theme automatically ------------------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: c.herbig@… | Owner: devans@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: Low | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: gnome-themes-standard | ------------------------------------+---------------------- Comment (by c.herbig@…): Replying to [comment:2 larryv@…]:
I do not think it is a good idea for ports to automatically alter users’ configuration files in this fashion, or provide an option for doing so. I suppose it could become a sticky situation if there is already something in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini but it could perhaps be dealt with using a similar method to how macports appends it's stuff to an existing .profile
Ultimately, I would like to create some sort of port that installs and configures a basic, minimal Gtk environment for not-so-technical users, such as fellow students, faculty and associates. They often balk at the command line, finding it intimidating enough even for copy and pasting commands. Essentially, if there was a way to just tell them, for example, you can have a free program for drawing chemical diagrams and reactions by just installing macports, then some-port, it would be much better than trying to convince them to do: Install MacPorts, then Xcode, then install the command line utils from Xcode, then install an X11 server, configure it, then some-package, and then to not make it look ugly, install some- theme, then configure it by hand. I suppose the reason I thought using a variant to accomplish this would be good is that it requires that extra, deliberate piece that ensures that's what the user wanted it to do. I agree that it could be a bit rude for it to just assume that it can modify a users files just by default. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39754#comment:3> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X