On 07/02/2018 03:23 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 12:36:38PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 07/02/2018 06:14 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 26/06/2018 04:41, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >>>> On 06/25/2018 06:43 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote: >>>>> One thing I observed is that, >>>>> I think an older version version of Windows GUI class is being >>>>> used in >>>>> 2.3.0. I marked the difference between the GUI of 2.3.0 and >>>>> 2.3.0 RC2 >>>>> fyi. Top one is 2.3.0 RC, bottom one is 2.3.0 >>>> The version of Qt I'm compiling against is probably different from that >>>> used for RC2. I'm not sure whether it's "older" or just different. This >>>> may just be a matter of what 'theme' is being used in different cases, >>>> and so something that is user-configurable. >>> I just installed LyX on Win 10. I have the same problem with the GUI >>> looking outdated. It doesn't take up the default Win10 look. With >>> Uwe's old unofficial installer for 2.3 it looks fine. I have never >>> used any theme or so. >> Possibly, this is due to a difference in Qt versions. But I don't know >> what Uwe's was built with. > This is unlikely. Most probably the qwindowsvistastyle.dll is not being > found. This can be due to either a deployment problem or to the fact that > it is actually missing. This dynamic library is responsible for the > "modern" look. > > However, note that styles can be changed from the command line through > "lyx -style nameofstyle", where nameofstyle on windows can be "windows" > (probably what is being used), "windowsvista" (requires a dll), and > "fusion" (common to all platforms), which maybe has a better look than > "windows". So, I would try whether "lyx -style fusion" looks better > (I am assuming that "lyx -style windowsvista" would fail, because it > would be otherwise chosen by default).
Thanks for the info. That file was not included in the package I was building, so I'll rebuild with it, and we'll see how that goes. Riki
