On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:33:09 -0400 dep dep@drippingwithirony.com wrote:
I use `display` A LOT in desktop objects and I really need this fixed or circumvented.
"display" shows amarok_rocks.jpg here without problems (R14.0.0). There has to be a difference in settings. Just a shot into the dark: Can you have a look in Settings>Appearance&Themes>Colors if you have checked or un-checked "Apply colors to non-TDE applications"? Mine is un-checked.
Yes this is caused by this setting but it should not. It seems that /opt/trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/app-defaults is sourced to xrdb without replacing color definitions with actual values which should be taken from tde color schemes.
there are several oddities related to this. i posted earlier a screenshot of the lacie lightscribe labeler which had foreground and background both black unless that option is unchecked. oddly, unchecking it changed numerous attributes of both non-tde and tde applications -- and rechecking it rebroke the things that were broken, but did not repair the things it itself broke. in particular, menu and icon text got tiny.
weird.
Yep. Apparently this settings does a lot more than just "Apply colors". Font size changes on some apps, save/cancel buttons swapped on gtk save dialogs, etc... It clearly should not be located under "colors".