short and simple:
what is a GTK engine vs a theme etc?
Best Answer
In GTK, an engine changes the look of the widgets drawn, often to match the native widget set on a particular OS, to control properties such as widget curvature or animations. An engine is software running on your machine.
Themes are a general term for all of the artwork & the color schemes used when rendering everything you see. It's not a GTK-unique term. Two different engines could use the same theme files as input, but the final result would be rendered a bit differently. Themes are a (mostly) static collection of files.
GTK+ Preference Tool is an utility for easy theme and font
switching for GTK+ applications. You can download the utility
as a standalone source/binary in the Downloads section. It is
also included in the latest GTK+ Themes packages.
Best Answer
In GTK, an engine changes the look of the widgets drawn, often to match the native widget set on a particular OS, to control properties such as widget curvature or animations. An engine is software running on your machine.
Themes are a general term for all of the artwork & the color schemes used when rendering everything you see. It's not a GTK-unique term. Two different engines could use the same theme files as input, but the final result would be rendered a bit differently. Themes are a (mostly) static collection of files.