[arch-general] Help understanding which interface OpenOffice is using?

[David Rosenstrauch]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
> 
> 	I have installed openoffice-core on my x86 box and I am trying to understand
> what user interface it is using and how to change it if I can. I suspect the
> very block like interface and large menu and menubar fonts are the result of
> the GTK interface oo on arch uses by default. (I could have this backwards).
> The default UI looks really awkward to me. It brings back bad memories of the
> days when the UI was limited to what you see on xpdf.
> 
> 	The wiki(http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openoffice) suggests an
> environment variable setting of OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde soffice, but warns that
> "KDE look will be removed in Openoffice3". What's the status of that? When will
> the QT interface go away?
> 
> 	What is the best way to get a better looking interface on KDE3. I have tried
> using 'OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde soffice', but so far I get an error when
> attempting this over XDMCP. Is there something that will work in this situation
> as well? Thanks for any help or suggestions you can give.


Try installing kdemod3-gtk-qt-engine.  It makes Gnome/GTK apps use your 
KDE settings.  Its configuration screen gets added into the KDE control 
center under Appearance & Themes -> GTK Styles and Fonts.

If you look at my desktop snapshot, all 3 of those apps (Thunderbird, 
Eclipse, and Firefox) are GTK apps, and yet their UI's are picking up my 
KDE font and color settings.  (Otherwise the windows would show up in a 
grey color.)

HTH,

DR