Putty looks like crap

[actinic]

I'm trying to spiff up the look of Putty.

In PCLinuxOS it looks like this: ftp://oberon.gotdns.com/putpclos.jpg

In Kubuntu it looks like this: ftp://oberon.gotdns.com/putkub.jpg 

Any ideas on how to spiff it up?  Thanks.

[askrieger]

Re: Putty looks like crap

If all your apps look like that, change your "System Settings>Appearance" settings.

[actinic]

Re: Putty looks like crap

Nope, only Putty looks bad. Everything else is A OK.

[JoeTheHoe]

Re: Putty looks like crap

lol same here, I always just thought that was normal...

[actinic]

Re: Putty looks like crap

appears the putty look is hardcoded unfortunately

[jjmckay]

Re: Putty looks like crap

Are they the same version of PuTTY between each OS?

[actinic]

Re: Putty looks like crap

identical version

[jjmckay]

Re: Putty looks like crap

Isn't putty using GTK? Isn't there some dependancy related stuff there? Just guessing, sorry if its not helpful. Check GTK themes...?

[askrieger]

Re: Putty looks like crap

I think jjmckay may have given you the critical peice of advice. If Putty is a GTK app, it's look and feel in KDE is not controlled by "SYSTEM SETTINGS>Appearance>Style", but by "System Settings>Appearance>"GTK Styles and Fonts". Play around with the settings in there.

[actinic]

Re: Putty looks like crap

I think jjmckay may have given you the critical peice of advice. If Putty is a GTK app, it's look and feel in KDE is not controlled by "SYSTEM SETTINGS>Appearance>Style", but by "System Settings>Appearance>"GTK Styles and Fonts". Play around with the settings in there.

I played around with the GTK styles & fonts. No change. Have you tried?

[curtis1005]

Re: Putty looks like crap

Putty is using gtk1.x
so you need to install some gtk theme engines (whatever you like)
also install gtk-theme-switch

I am using thingeramik, it looks quite ok
sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch gtk-engines-thingeramik

run "gtk-theme-switch"
select "thingeramik"

[JoeTheHoe]

Re: Putty looks like crap

Yes this works ! :-)