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Helicopter tourist flights from New York City's West 30th St. Heliport (JRA) are no longer allowed under a court order that took effect yesterday. The heliport can still be used for commercial flights, including charter, government transport and emergency operations, until its scheduled closure at the end of 2012. The two helicopter companies based at the heliport—Air Pegasus and Liberty Helicopters—told New York's WABC that they haven't flown sightseeing tours for months from that location. Liberty reported stopping tourist flights at the start of 2010, while Air Pegasus transferred tourist operations to the Downtown Manhattan/Wall Street Heliport (JRB) months ago.More


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• Was there ever any doubt? You could tell that it was just a matter of time before Tom Brady and Randy Moss could stick a dagger through the Indianapolis defense. For three quarters Tony Dungy's Colts controlled the field, but you can't keep a good man down long, and the same can be said of Bill Belichick. The Patriots crushed the spirits of the whitest crowd ever to witness a football game with a rather masterful fourth quarter comeback. The final score-a 13 yard touchdown reception by Kevin Faulk-came with over three minutes remaining in regulation, but Peyton's Manning's subsequent fumble put an end to any hope of killing the beast.
The Patriots had the game in hand with the ball and a 24-20 lead but Bill Belichick still had to rip the heart out of his last non-New England supporters. I speak of course of gamblers. We're a simple people, and we don't ask of much. But when you've committed your season to blowing opponents out of the water we'd really appreciated it if you didn't take a knee when you're a field goal away from a cover. Banging out some guy's wife for a couple of decades is one thing, but taking a knee with two minutes left? You Mr. Belichick, are fucked in the soul.
• Jason Witten doesn't need no stinkin' helmets. The big tight end was nearly decapitated by Philadelphia's
fans defensive backfield, but still managed to finish with 77 yards along with a touchdown. TO and Romo hooked up 10 times for 174 and a touchdown, the qb added a third touchdown pass to somebody named Tony Curtis. I imagine he was quite pleased.
• Why does Mike Shanahan have a job? Denver was eviscerated by the mighty De-troit Li-ons by a score of 44-7 (how'd they score seven?). Jay Cutler was apparently eaten by Shaun Rogers meaning it was Patrick Ramsey's turn to suck (sidenote: the Lions lead the league in players named Shaun...and frowns). At one point the team's long-snapper/emergency third quarterback was warming up under center. Hey Shanny, if Patrick Ramsey is your backup then you damn well better have a capable third-stringer.
• New SSW: The Saints don't even suck a little bit. Last year's darlings were written off after their 0-4 start, but the plucky bastards have found their form and returned to .500 at the halfway point. Drew Brees threw for 900 yards, I'm super cereal.


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By Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - The Obama administration used flawed research in devising a plan to strip gray wolves across the continental United States of Endangered Species Act protections, and discounted evidence that failed to support it, a scientific panel said in a report released on Friday.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said last June said wolves in the lower 48 states no longer faced extinction after decades of recovery efforts and proposed removing them from the U.S. threatened and endangered species list. (Report on wolves: http://r.reuters.com/quz66v)
Distinct wolf populations in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes were already delisted in recent years as their numbers rebounded in those regions.
The administration latest plan renewed a debate between supporters and opponents of wolves, which were hunted, trapped and poisoned to near extinction in the continental United States before coming under federal safeguards in the 1970s.
Ranchers and hunters blame wolves for preying on livestock and big game. Conservationists say the wolf, an apex predator, has helped restore ecosystems strained by an overabundance of wildlife such as elk and deer.
The wildlife service in August placed its nationwide wolf delisting proposal on hold after outcries by critics who claimed the government's process was slanted toward removing protections.
The agency last year asked the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California at Santa Barbara to appoint a panel of independent scientists to review the delisting plan.
The Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday released the panel's report, which said the agency failed to use the "best available science," as required, to conclude nationwide delisting is warranted.
The government also relied on a single publication by the wildlife service that has been refuted by leading wolf experts and geneticists, and rejected data that did not support the plan, according to the report.
"Information contrary to the proposed delisting is discounted whereas that which supports the (plan) are accepted uncritically," wrote panelist Robert Wayne, a wolf geneticist at
The wildlife service on Monday will reopen the proposal for public comment for 45 days in light of the findings, which the agency is reviewing, said Seth Willey, regional recovery coordinator in Denver. A final decision is expected this year.
Willey said several wolf packs are known to exist in Oregon and Washington state, and wolves have wandered from the Northern Rockies into such states as Colorado.
The proposal in question would leave federal protections in place for the Mexican wolf, a subspecies in Arizona and New Mexico estimated to number in the 80s.
While wolves once roamed across nearly every corner of the continental United States, Willey said the Endangered Species Act does not require re-establishing a species to its full historic range in order to prevent extinction.
The comeback of wolves - which now number in the thousands in the lower 48 - is an "amazing success" tied to the nation's landmark conservation law, he said.
Conservation groups on Friday hailed the panel's findings, which are sure to be used to challenge the delisting in court if it happens.
"We've known all along there was political motivation behind the delisting proposal, and the panel's review underlined that," said Bethany Cotton, wildlife program director for WildEarth Guardians.
(Reporting by Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Editing by Steve Gorman and Lisa Shumaker)


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Fans of all-natural cosmetics will soon be able to go into a store to buy Cindy Jones' products, called Colorado Aromatics, rather than pick them up at the Boulder County Farmers Market, buy them online or have to track them down at one of the stores where they're currently sold.
Jones has leased space at 340 Lashley, Unit 220, in Longmont, and expects to have her first storefront open sometime next month.
"We're just doing manufacturing (at the present)," Jones said. "I wanted to get manufacturing set up first."
Jones has a Ph. D. in biochemistry and she's also an herbalist, and her 10-year-old company specializes in cosmetics blended using ingredients particularly beneficial in high desert environment that is the Colorado Front Range.
"The business grew out of a hobby," Jones said. "I liked to tinker and do-it-yourself kind of thing."
The business took a serious turn seven years ago when she and her family moved to a farm north of Longmont. That's where she's able to grow all of the herbs that go into her products.
"This is my herb hut," she said, walking a guest into a dark, tarp-covered space where herbs were hanging and laying on bread trays to dry out.
Once dry they go into one of the two distillers Jones has on hand. Herbs are put into a large stainless steel container similar to a milk can with a pipe sticking out the top. A propane heater is fired up and mixture begins steaming.
"The steam rises through the column and that's what's carrying all the aromatic qualities of the herbs," Jones said. "You cool it and it turns back into water."
She has a huge garden — more than one, actually — where lavender, cucumber, mint, rose, lemon balm, tulsi (a type of basil) and many more varieties grow. Out of these come her various lotions, sprays, creams and massage oils.
"Raspberry leaf is very high in tenins, so that has a tightening effect," Jones explained, holding up a bottle of her Razz Tightening Serum.
Moving to Boulder County has been a great fit for her personally and professionally, she said. Revenue at Sagescript Institute, which is the parent company of Colorado Aromatics, has grown about 20 per cent each of the past three years.
"Basically we were just looking for something (when we decided to leave Lakewood) and it's hard to find farm property. ... So it was by chance that we landed just north of Longmont and I'm really glad. I really like Longmont," Jones said.
She calls Sagescript an "institute" because she uses that arm of the business to provide consulting services, Jones said.
Ace Hardware in Longmont was the first store to begin carrying her products. Since then she's added McGuckin's in Boulder, along with the Boulder Bookstore and Lucky's Markets, and a gift shop in Estes Park. She's trying to get her product into more stores, she said, and moving into a larger manufacturing space will allow her increase production. And, of course, she'll have her own storefront for the first time, where she plans to host events based around her products, once she gets it up and running.
Her main goal, she said, is spreading the gospel of the farm-to-skin movement.
"Especially in Boulder County, I think people are very aware of the farm-to-table movement," Jones said. "I want to make people aware that farms are more important than just for food."
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'Housewives of Miami' Star Alexia Echevarria on Son's Altercation With Homeless Man
First off, Miami Housewife Alexia Echevarria says she never called herself the "Cuban Barbie."
She may take good care of herself, have blond hair and a cute turned up nose, wear super-sexy clothes, and star on a hot reality TV show, but beyond all that, Echevarria is a mom first and foremost. This year has proved to be a heartbreaking and challenging year for this mother, wife, magazine editor, and TV star.
"My reality is real," Echevarria says of the past year and two months.
You kiss your kid goodbye on their way out the door one morning and 15 minutes later you get the phone call no mother ever wants to get—your child has been in a horrific accident.
Echevarria says her heart began hurting when she heard the news about her son Frankie's car crash.
On August 14th, 2011, Echevarria's son Francisco "Frankie" Rosello was riding in a car on a rainy morning when the car lost control, jumped the median and hit an oncoming SUV. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency brain surgery. He spent three months in a medically induced coma to allow swelling in his brain to go down, and three more months in the pediatric intensive care unit for recovery.
His spleen was removed and he also required surgery on his pelvis. Now, nearly a year after the crash, Frankie is still affected by aphasia, a condition caused by his brain injury that limits his ability to communicate properly. He continues daily physical, occupational and speech therapy--Echevarria was has been at his side throughout.
"Every day is better. He's a fighter. He learned to walk before talking. I knew that was more important to him. My Frankie is happy and healthy, and God willing he'll be back in school in January of 2013. I think it's important for him socially. So many people have prayed for us. He's a different boy, but I'm a different person too. But life goes on. I don't hide him. He comes to the office with me every day," Echevarria says.
Echevarria's reality didn't end with her son, Frankie. She has another son, Peter Rosello, who made news a month ago when the 20-year-old was arrested for punching a homeless man in the groin. The police were notified when they were made aware by TMZ of an online video of the incident.
Rosello was charged with felony battery because the man was homeless.
"That's not my son. He has a huge heart. He's very sorry and remorseful. This wasn't his intention," she said. "Frankie's accident destroyed Peter. He became self-destructive. He wrote a letter to me that said that if Frankie hadn't made it, he would have killed himself."
She said as the older brother, he's been protective of his brother and has taken his brother's accident hard.
"Peter wonders if his brother will ever be back to himself before the accident. I believe Peter's behavior has everything to do with his brother's accident. Kids make mistakes and this one is costing him a lot," Echevarria says.
Both Frankie and Peter are children Echevarria had with her first husband, Pedro Luis Rosello.
Her ex was recently arrested in Miami for violating probation stemming from an arrest in 2007 for sexual battery of a minor. He spent time in federal prison in the 1990s for smuggling cocaine. Echevarria says the boy's father loves them very much—"good role model or not."
For the past nine years, Echevarria has been married to Herman Echevarria, a Cuban-born multimillionaire who was a former Hialeah councilman and is owner of the Lifestyle and Society magazine Venue.
"My boys have two dads," Echevarria says.
Today, the "Miami Housewives" star says her son Peter will be starting at Miami International University's Art & Design in the Audio Production & Engineering program. The family will be building a studio in the house. Both boys share a love for music and Echevarria says she hopes this will focus her son Peter.
"Everything I've been through in my life makes me grateful for what I have. I don't think too much about the future. I live for today," she said. "I leave it in God's hands. Only a mother can really relate to what all of this."


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Guyana Resorts To Buying Pirated Textbooks Because Legal Copies Are Too Expensive [Updated]
from the cost-of-education deptThe fact that textbooks are too expensive is something that has been documented pretty well here. For example we have the stories of students paying over $180 for an art history book that contains no images, and a student being sued for copyright infringement for selling legally purchased imported textbooks for cheaper than the publishers want. The high cost of textbooks is such a problem that even some governments are taking steps to mitigate that cost.
vmanda sends news that the government of Guyana has begun buying pirated copies of textbooks for its public schools because the publishers charge way too much.
The government of Guyana is making no apologies about the fact that it is buying pirated textbooks for public schools as a cost-saving measure.Of course the publishers of those books are not too happy. In a statement from Emma House of the Publishers Association, she states that the government is breaking many laws.
Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon says officials are buying pirated books from printing firms and companies that photocopy books because of their high quality and lower prices. Luncheon said the government's move is justified.
The Cabinet's decision in Guyana to procure pirated textbooks for public schools is an indisputably illegal act. This decision is in contravention of Guyanese law, Caribbean law (CARICOM's revised Treaty of Chaguaramas) and the international Berne Convention.Of course, what the PA seems to be overlooking is just why Guyana has chosen to ignore international copyright. It feels that the books are just way too expensive. By insisting on high prices, the publishers who make up that organization have put themselves out of reach of this country. Further, the fact that the government is willing to pay for books from pirate book printers is proof that the publishers could do much more to get Guyana to buy legally. Instead, the publishers have chosen to bully the country into paying out more for books than it can.
This is once again the result of copyright holders refusing to adapt to the marketplace, even a marketplace they have built their business around. These publishers have gotten so used to price gouging their customers that they do not know how to properly respond to someone choosing a cheaper alternative. Because the publishers have blinded themselves from reality, they are failing here. If they were actually willing to learn, they would take a step back and work with the government of Guyana to come up with a pricing plan that would actually work. Of course, that might be too much to ask from some companies.
Update: vmanda has provided an update stating that, at the behest of the Publishers Association, a Guyanese court has granted an injunction against local companies that illegally copy textbooks. This means the the government will no longer be able to buy pirated textbooks for the time being. There is no word yet on the government's response to the injunction.
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Human foot in running shoe washes ashore at Ocean Beach in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO – Authorities say a human foot in a running shoe has washed ashore on San Francisco's Ocean Beach with no sign of the rest of the body.
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CLEVELAND -- Mike Aviles picked up the phone in the Indians' dugout and got manager Terry Francona on the line. Like a kid asking a parent to stay late at a friend's house, the infielder hung up after hearing all he needed to hear.
Aviles -- with fellow Cleveland infielders Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall at his side -- wanted to do tarp slides as a steady rain pounded the infield at Progressive Field late Tuesday night.
CLEVELAND -- Mike Aviles picked up the phone in the Indians' dugout and got manager Terry Francona on the line. Like a kid asking a parent to stay late at a friend's house, the infielder hung up after hearing all he needed to hear.
Aviles -- with fellow Cleveland infielders Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall at his side -- wanted to do tarp slides as a steady rain pounded the infield at Progressive Field late Tuesday night.
"I asked him if we could," Aviles said of his brief chat with Francona. "He didn't really say, 'No,' but he didn't really say, 'Yeah.' I didn't hear a, 'No.' It was like a, 'Maybe.' It counts. You've just got to read between the lines."
In the moments shortly before the Tribe's game against the D-backs was postponed, Aviles, Kipnis and Chisenhall sprinted from the dugout, ran across the tarp and slid headfirst through the puddles and raindrops to the delight of the fans who remained. It was an entertaining ending to a game that was wiped out following a delay that lasted three hours and 40 minutes.
Due to the postponement, the Indians and D-backs will play a traditional doubleheader on Wednesday, beginning at 4:05 p.m. ET. Game 1 will feature Cleveland righty Trevor Bauer against Arizona lefty Andrew Chafin, who will be making his Major League debut. Game 2 will pit the Tribe's Josh Tomlin against left-hander Vidal Nuno.
Arizona and Cleveland played into the top of the fourth inning Tuesday, with the Indians holding a 1-0 lead in a game that began with promising performances by Tribe lefty T.J. House and D-backs righty Josh Collmenter.
"It definitely was a good pitching matchup early," House said. "I kept the ball in the zone -- low pitch count. Just kind of nice and easy and it worked real well. That's one of the reasons why I was a little disappointed it ended. I was feeling so good."
Cleveland's lone run came courtesy of an RBI double in the third inning by Kipnis, who no longer has that hit on his statistical record.
That may or may not have made him easily swayed by Aviles.
"I lost my double, so I was emotional. And an RBI," Kipnis said with a smirk. "I didn't know which way was up. I was easily influenced."
Inside the clubhouse during the lengthy delay, which began at 7:57 p.m., the Indians did what they could to pass the time. While the teams attempted to wait out the storm, Kipnis posted a video of players attempting to kick a soccer ball into a laundry basket. Kipnis also took on Chisenhall in a game of R.B.I. Baseball on Nintendo.
Chisenhall came out on top in that game.
"He was helped," Kipnis complained. "He had the clubbies come over and tell him the secret, and he subbed out pitchers and had pinch-hitters. Ellis Burks had three home runs in two at-bats in that game."
Meanwhile, Aviles -- not in the starting lineup -- was beginning to go stir crazy.
"When you get to that point where it's like 11-11:30," Aviles said, "and you're just over the whole thing, it's like, 'Hey, are we going to play? Not play?' You get a little restless. After a while, I was in here -- obviously everybody knows how much energy I have -- and I was just getting restless.
"It's not good for a person with as much energy as I have to just sit around with nothing to do."
So Aviles suggested doing the tarp slides.
"It was pretty easy to get Kip to come along," Aviles said. "And Lonnie was right there with him. It wasn't hard."
The trio slid multiple times, including a dramatic finish via Kipnis.
The Indians second baseman tagged up at third base, waited and then bolted for the plate. As the few lingering fans cheered, Kipnis slid headfirst into home, as Aviles -- on his knees near the mound -- raised his arms to motion that the second baseman was safe.
"We weighed the risk versus the reward, and it was well worth it," Kipnis said. "I always wanted to do that."
Aviles was impressed.
"He tagged up," said the infielder. "The guy caught the ball, but he didn't throw him out. And, we win."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian.


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HONOLULU — An open boat recovered from the shoreline of Kahana Bay, Oahu, may be the next piece to be verified as Japan tsunami marine debris, pending confirmation by the Government of Japan, with assistance by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu.
The approximately 20-foot boat was reportedly seen floating whole on Thursday, November 29 in Kahana Bay. By Friday afternoon when it was officially reported, it had broken up into pieces on rocks on the northward outer edge of the bay. Staff from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) the State's lead agency for marine debris responses, were able to retrieve pieces of the boat from the rocks and bring them ashore on Saturday.
Further investigations by DLNR today in the ocean near where the boat had washed up on to the rocks recovered more pieces of the broken boat. Identification information found on the various pieces include Japanese characters (kanji) on a section of the bow, and Japanese registration numbers from pieces of the stern. The NOAA Marine Debris Program in Hawai'i is working with the Japan Consulate on confirmation of the boat's origin.
DLNR and NOAA will make a followup announcement if this item is confirmed. If it is confirmed, it will be the fourth confirmed tsunami marine debris item for Hawaii and the 17th overall for the U.S. and Canada. (Currently, there are 16 confirmed JTMD for US and Canada.)
Identification of the boat's origin may also help with the identification of two species of mussels collected by DLNR staff that were attached to the boat as biofouling. The mussels could be a species that is present along the Japan coastline and is not currently known to be present in Hawai'i. Specimens were turned over to NOAA for further identification by Bishop Museum and possible genetic identification.
Images of the vessel and its identifying markers are available at:
For more information news media may contact:
Deborah Ward
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Phone: (808) 587-0320


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You can also install {{AUR|chakra-gtk-config}}. After install it can be found in '''System Settings > Application Appearance > GTK Config'''.
You can also install {{AUR|chakra-gtk-config}}. After install it can be found in '''System Settings > Application Appearance > GTK Config'''.
To manually change the GTK theme to {{Pkg|oxygen-gtk}} , you need to create the file {{ic|~/.kde4/share/config/gtkrc-2.0}} with the following content:
To manually change the GTK theme to {{Pkg|oxygen-gtk}} , you need to create the file {{ic|~/.kde4/share/config/gtkrc-2.0}} with the following content:
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Qt and GTK+ based programs both use a different widget toolkit to render the graphical user interface. Each come with different themes, styles and icon sets by default, among other things, so the "look and feel" differ significantly. This article will help you make your Qt and GTK+ applications look similar for a more streamlined and "integrated" desktop experience.
- Theme - Collection of a style, an icon theme and a colour theme.
- Style - Graphical layout; look.
- Icon Theme - Set of global icons.
- Colour Theme - Set of global colours that are used in conjunction with the style.
You can choose various approaches:
- Modify GTK+ and Qt styles separately with the tools listed below for each toolkit and aim for choosing similarly looking themes (style, colours, icons, cursors, fonts).
- Use a special theme engine, which intermediates the modification of the other graphical toolkit to match your main toolkit:
- if you work in KDE 4 desktop environment then there is available a GTK-Qt engine, which updates GTK+ configuration files automatically so that GTK+ appearance is similar to the Qt one;
- if you work in other desktop environments, you can choose QGtkStyle engine (built in Qt), which forces Qt apps to use your GTK+ 2.x theme.
Should you use also GTK+ 3.x toolkit, follow the GTK+ 3.x wiki article to find out how to make it look similar to GTK+ 2.x themes.
- 1 Styles for both Qt and GTK+
- 2 How do I set styles for each toolkit?
- 3 Theme Engines
- 4 Other Tricks
- 5 Troubleshooting
Styles for both Qt and GTK+
There are widget style sets available for the purpose of integration, where builds are written and provided for both Qt and GTK+, all major versions included. With these, you can have one look for all applications regardless of the toolkit they had been written with.
KDE4 Oxygen
Oxygen is the QT4 style that installs with KDE4.
A couple of GTK+ ports are available in the oxygen-gtk packages. Their primary goal is to ensure visual consistency between GTK2/GTK3 and qt-based applications running under kde. Secondary objectives are to also have stand-alone, nice looking gtk themes that behave well on other Desktop Environments. Unlike other attempts made to port the kde oxygen theme to gtk, these attempts do not depend on Qt (via some Qt to Gtk conversion engine), nor do they render widget appearances via hard coded pixmaps, which otherwise break everytime some setting is changed in kde.
pacman -S oxygen-gtk2 oxygen-gtk3
Automatic procedure
To change the GTK theme a few applications are available:
pacman -S gtk-kde4 pacman -S gtk-chtheme pacman -S gtk-theme-switch2 pacman -S lxappearance
Then change the theme of your choice in the respective application:
gtk-kde4 ("System Settings > Lost and Found > GTK style") gtk-chtheme gtk-theme-switch2 lxappearance
You can also install chakra-gtk-configAUR. After install it can be found in System Settings > Application Appearance > GTK Config.
Manual procedure
To manually change the GTK theme to oxygen-gtk , you need to create the file
~/.kde4/share/config/gtkrc-2.0 with the following content:
include "/usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "~/.themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user" { fg[NORMAL] = "#1b1918" bg[NORMAL] = "#d5d1cf" text[NORMAL] = "#181615" base[NORMAL] = "#ffffff" fg[ACTIVE] = "#1b1918" bg[ACTIVE] = "#d5d1cf" text[ACTIVE] = "#181615" base[ACTIVE] = "#ffffff" fg[PRELIGHT] = "#1b1918" bg[PRELIGHT] = "#d5d1cf" text[PRELIGHT] = "#ffffff" base[PRELIGHT] = "#43ace8" fg[SELECTED] = "#1b1918" bg[SELECTED] = "#d5d1cf" text[SELECTED] = "#ffffff" base[SELECTED] = "#43ace8" fg[INSENSITIVE] = "#8d8a88" bg[INSENSITIVE] = "#ccc7c5" text[INSENSITIVE] = "#a6a5a5" base[INSENSITIVE] = "#f4f4f4" GtkTreeView::odd_row_color="#ffffff" GtkTreeView::even_row_color="#f8f7f6" } widget_class "*" style "user" style "tooltips" { bg[NORMAL] = "#bedfff" fg[NORMAL] = "#252321" } widget "gtk-tooltips" style "tooltips" #gtk-theme-name="qt4" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 9" gtk-icon-theme-name="gk4ico" gtk-icon-sizes = "panel-menu=16,16:panel=16,16:gtk-button=22,22:gtk-large-toolbar=22,22"
Then you need to create the symbolic link
ln -s ~/.kde4/share/config/gtkrc-2.0 ~/.kde4/share/config/gtkrc
Oxygen Icons
If you are using Oxygen icons and want a consistent look in GTK open/save dialogs, you can install an oxygenrefit2 icon theme from AUR and set it as your GTK icon theme. Add the theme to the
~/.gtkrc-2.0 file or you can use lxappearance and set it.
There are also a couple GTK themes built on the gtk-kde42-oxygen-theme Oxygen style that can also do this.
Available for qt4 (kde4), qt3 (kde3), and gtk2 (gnome) in the [extra] repository, this highly-configurable style is the most popular all-rounder. It has many controls for various options, ranging from the appearance of buttons to the shape of sliders. You can install all of them using pacman.
# pacman -S qtcurve-gtk2 qtcurve-kde3 qtcurve-kde4
To manually change the GTK theme to QtCurve, you need to create the file
~/.gtkrc-2.0-kde4 with the following content:
include "/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="QtCurve"
Then you need to create the symbolic link
ln -s .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 .gtkrc-2.0
If you want also specify a font, you can add (and adapt) the following line to the file:
gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 9"
Similar style sets are those that look like each other - written and provided for both Qt and GTK+ - but are not necessarily from the same developers. You may have to do some minor tweaking to make them look the same. Below is a list:
- klearlooks (qt3); clearlooks (gtk2)
How do I set styles for each toolkit?
You can use the following methods to change the theme used in each environment.
QT3 styles
- Using KDE3 Control Center (kcontrol):
- --> Appearance & Themes --> Style --> Widget Style
- kde-config --style [name of style]
- Qt Configuration (qt3config | /opt/qt/bin/qtconfig)
- --> Appearance --> Select GUI Style
QT4 styles
- Using KDE4 System Settings (/usr/bin/systemsettings)
- --> Common Appearance and Behavior --> Application Appearance --> Style --> Widget Style
- Qt Configuration (/usr/bin/qtconfig)
- --> Appearance --> Select GUI Style
Note that while Qt Configuration allows you to choose the theme, font, etc. for the Qt apps, you can modify more settings with KDE 4 System Settings - e.g. font antialiasing and hinting.
GTK2 styles
- gtk-kde4 (allows you to change style and font of GTK applications in KDE4)
- lxappearance (a DE independent configuration tool from the LXDE project, which does not require any other parts of LXDE)
- gtk-chtheme (considered a better alternative to switch2)
- gtk2_prefs
- gtk-theme-switch2
- Manual configuration
GTK1 styles
Theme Engines
A Theme Engine can be thought of as a thin layer API which translates themes (excluding icons) between one or more toolkits. These engines add some extra code in the process and it is arguable that this kind of a solution is not as elegant and optimal as using native styles.
This one is for use by GTK+ applications running in KDE, which basically means this does not work in other desktop environments. It applies all Qt settings (styles, fonts, not icons though) to the GTK+ applications and uses the style plug-ins directly. Please note that there are rendering issues with some Qt styles.
# pacman -S gtk-qt-engine
You can access it from:
- Control Center (kcontrol) --> Appearance & Themes --> GTK Styles and Fonts
If you want to remove it entirely and every trace of it, you should delete the following files:
- ~/.gtkrc2.0-kde
- ~/.kde4/env/gtk-qt-engine.rc.sh
- ~/gtk-qt-engine.rc
Make it work with OpenOffice
Set (as root):
export SAL_GTK_USE_PIXMAPPAINT=1
into /etc/profile. In KDE4 systemsettings, make sure "use my KDE style in GTK applications" is selected in Appearance > GTK styles and fonts.
Making Qt apps use GTK+ themes
You can do this easily using the Qt configuration tool, 'qtconfig', but you must make sure you have installed 'libgnomeui', even if you do not use Gnome.
This is a Qt style which intends to make applications blend perfectly into the GNOME desktop environment by using GTK to render all components. To use this style you must have at least GTK+ 2.0 and Qt 4.3, although Qt 4.4 or higher is preferred. To enable this style, use Qt Configuration or KDE 4 System Settings (see above) and choose "GTK+" style.
Having trouble making your Qt applications use QGtkStyle?
Qt will not apply QGtkStyle correctly if GTK is using the GTK-QT-Engine. Qt determines whether the GTK-QT-Engine is in use by reading the GTK configuration files listed in the environmental variable GTK2_RC_FILES. If the environmental variable is not set properly, Qt assumes you are using the GTK-QT-Engine, sets QGtkStyle to use the style GTK style Clearlooks, and outputs an error message:
QGtkStyle cannot be used together with the GTK_Qt engine.
Another error you may get after launching qtconfig from a shell and selecting the Gtk+ style is:
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.
Users of Openbox and other non-GNOME environments may encounter this problem. Here is a solution:
- Tell Qt where to look for your GTK configuration file by adding the following to your
- Add this line before invoking the window manager.
- To add multiple paths, separate them with colons.
- The $HOME part will expand to be path to your user's home directory. Using the ~ shortcut will not work.
... export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0" ...
- In
.gtkrc-2.0you must specify a GTK theme. For example:
- This is usually done for you by an application which sets GTK2 Styles
- If
~/.gtkrc-2.0does not exist, simply create it and insert the following line.
... gtk-theme-name="Crux" ...
However it seems in some cases those tools insert only an include directive like
... include "/usr/share/themes/SomeTheme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" ...
which apparently is not recognized by all versions of QGtkStyle. You can hotfix this problem by inserting the gtk-theme-name manually in your .gtkrc-2.0 like above, note however that Gtk2-style-change applications might overwrite that change when you use them.
If these steps do not work, install gconf and run this command:
gconftool-2 --set --type string /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme your-theme-name
To choose your GTK theme for QT apps you must run:
Other Tricks
KDE file dialogs for GTK2 apps
KGtk is a wrapper script that LD_PRELOAD to force KDE file dialogs (open, save, etc) in GTK2 apps. If you use KDE and prefer its file dialogs over GTK's then you can install kgtk from AUR. Once installed you can run GTK2 applications with kgtk-wrapper in 2 ways (using gimp in the examples).
Calling kgtk-wrapper directly and using the GTK2 binary as an arguement
/usr/bin/kgtk-wrapper gimp
Creating a symbolic link to kgtk using the name of the GTK2 binary. Then you can run /usr/bin/gimp when you want to run gimp with KDE dialogs.
ln -s /usr/bin/kgtk-wrapper /usr/local/bin/gimp /usr/local/bin/gimp
aMSN GTK or KDE dialogs
aMSN's TK file dialogs are plain looking but no fear there is a plugin that will allow you to use GTK or KDE file dialogs to match your desktop. You can find the plugin on aMSN's Plugin Page
Using custom GTK style
You can use custom styles for specific GTK2 applications. For this, use GTK2_RC_FILES=/path/to/theme/gtk-2.0/gtkrc appname
For example:
GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/QtCurve/gtk-2.0/gtkrc firefox
It will launch firefox with QtCurve theme.
Using gtk icon theme in Qt apps
If you do not using Gnome run gconf-editor and edit that setting to your icon theme name
Themes not working in GTK apps
If the style or theme engine you setup is not showing in your GTK apps then it's likely your GTK settings files are not being loaded for some reason. You can check where your system expects to find these files by doing the following..
$ export | grep gtk
Usually the expected files should be ~/.gtkrc for GTK1, ~/.gtkrc2.0 or ~/.gtkrc2.0-kde for GTK2
Newer versions of gtk-qt-engine use ~/.gtkrc2.0-kde and set the export variable in ~/.kde/env/gtk-qt-engine.rc.sh If you recently removed gtk-qt-engine and are trying to set a GTK theme then you must remove ~/.kde/env/gtk-qt-engine.rc.sh and reboot. Doing this will ensure that GTK looks for it's settings in the standard ~/.gtkrc2.0 instead of ~/.gtkrc2.0-kde