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| author |  un1versal | 2016-08-25 17:16:44 +0100 |
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| committer |  GitHub | 2016-08-25 17:16:44 +0100 |
| commit | ef82a958cf04e0802d2e456cd97371702b92ddf5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5308814dc3b313b1189cdfc2966859eb8d1a04d0 /doc | |
| parent | KviMainWindow: Modernize control loop (#2116) (diff) | |
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INSTALL: update -DWANT_GTKSTYLE entry (#2118)
This has changed considerably So lets document this better.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/INSTALL.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.txt b/doc/INSTALL.txt index d1ae44489..7bf9bf91b 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL.txt +++ b/doc/INSTALL.txt @@ -444,21 +444,13 @@ You can thus disable transparency here. -DWANT_GTKSTYLE= (default: OFF) - QGtkStyle is a Qt backend that uses native Gtk widgets. As of Qt5, any - new builds using Qt5 will automatically and unchangingly have this option - set to ON. The reason is due to a graphical issue in which menus do not - appear as well as scroll bars being invisible. We have found this to be - the only fix until upstream can be patched. Anything prior to Qt5 has this - option defaulted to OFF with the ability to enable it. In recent Gtk - versions some insane choices are hardcoded and impossible to workaround - (example: icons can't be shown in menus, label background color is - fixed). By default we disable QGtkStyle in versions below Qt5 since it - messes up with KVIrc's internal theme engine creating issues (like unreadable - white text on a white background). Some users want to use it anyway and - sometimes we like to check if Gtk developers quit smoking pot, so this option - lets you enable the QGtkStyle engine. Please don't report any theme-related bug - if you enabled this option: we already know it's broken. It should be fixed - upstream in Qt. + QGtkStyle is a Qt backend that uses native GTK widgets. + By default we disable QGtkStyle since it interferes with KVIrc's internal + theme engine and there maybe some unwanted styling that you may consider broken. + Some users want to use it anyway. Please don't report any theme-related bug + if you enabled this option: we already know it's limitations and issues. + For further information / discussion see: + https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/issues/2117 -DWANT_PERL= (default: ON) Enables or disables Perl support. |