GTK3 regressions from a GTK2 perspective

lah7 · 26 August 2019 16:20

gtk3-mushrooms certainly works nice for GTK apps I use on my main Manjaro (KDE) desktop.

I was experimenting and kind of compiled it on Ubuntu MATE 19.10, but it doesn't look like all the patches were working -- likely I haven't compiled or installed it properly. The experiment lies here if anyone wants to try and get it compiled/installed properly on Ubuntu MATE:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/lah7/a4dec89e61ee2875406731b3cd0ae90d

build-gtk3-patches.sh

#!/bin/bash -xe
#
# Experimental commands I used to compile gtk3-mushrooms on Ubuntu MATE 19.04.
# gtk3-mushroom patches some of GTK3's quirks.
#
# gtk3-mushrooms: https://github.com/krumelmonster/gtk3-mushrooms
#
# Based on PKGBUILD from the Arch package.
# --> THIS WAS EXPERIMENTAL. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! <--
#

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It's recently had a different maintainer, whom doesn't appear active at the moment. I created an issue suggesting the tab scrolling with mouse wheel patch (#25). Personally, I like this idea to install an alternate GTK3 package providing the desired "classic" functionality, even if it means carrying a warning label.