On 2018-03-11 00:29, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Olaf Meeuwissen writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> golinux@??? writes:
>>
>>> This is the best answer of all.
>>>
>>> Yes, just remove desktop-base to eliminate all styling you find
>>> objectionable and recreate it as you wish.
>>
>> Seems a bit drastic just to get rid of the default theme. On my
>> system
>> this wants to remove 438 packages covering most if not all of Xfce,
>> the
>> only desktop I have installed.
>
> Sorry, I have set APT::Get::AutomaticRemove to true, hence the large
> number of packages to be removed. When set to false, the default, it's
> only three.
>
> desktop-base task-desktop task-xfce-desktop
>

It's not unusual to do a bare-bones custom install of Xfce without the
meta package and desktop-base. My enthusiasm for this method of removal
was a bit tongue-in-cheek (think scorched earth). ;)

>>
>> The problem is that desktop-base has an explicit Depends: on
>> clearlooks-phenix-darkpurpy-theme where alternatives could be provided
>> or a meta-package to pull in a theme so that admins can control the
>> system-wide default more easily.
>>

Exactly. The purpose of desktop-base is to integrate the default theme.

>> That said, I like darkpurpy so have no intent to improve the current
>> situation.
>>

:D

>
> Apart from getting the clock in the Xfce systemtray to display in a
> colour that contrasts with the darkpurpy theme rather than the dark
> shade of grey that is used now.
>

Remove the default clock from the panel and install the Orage clock from
the repos instead. It has nice config options that allow for foreground
and background color choice. As far as making that the default option .
. . let me talk to Centurion_Dan about that. It's not really a priority
in the grand scheme of things but the suggestion could at least be
included in some release notes for the final release.

golinux