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<h1 id="another-logo">2026.20 Another Logo</h1>
<p>Well, let’s try again.</p>
<p><img src="images/logo-256.png" /></p>
<h1 id="theming">2026.09 Theming</h1>
<p>It is hard to achieve compositor and cross-toolkit visual uniformity,
and increasingly so. I think this is because:</p>
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<li>There is a shift in how Gtk 4 views theming and what it considers
supported.</li>
<li>Qt handles themes differently between QWidgets and QtQuick.</li>
<li>There are other toolkits in use, for example <code>iced-rs</code>,
<code>tk</code> and whatever is used by electron based
applications.</li>
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<p>From a Teallach perspective it makes sense to:</p>
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<li>Avoid chasing Qt/Gtk internal visuals; and not treating toolkits as
theme providers. In other words, let us not try to parse Gtk CSS and
Kvantum files on the fly.</li>
<li>Build compositor themerc files and icons to be consistent with
popular Gtk/Qt themes, rather than identical. In the same vein, try to
match behaviour rather than pixel perfection.</li>
<li>Treat applications as guests and accept that their looks will be
toolkit dependent.</li>
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<p>Ref:</p>
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<li><a
href="https://github.com/johanmalm/theme-gubbins/">theme-gubbins</a></li>
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