[Users] The "highlighting" of the current folder/message line.

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Rolf Turner wrote:

>Thank you!!!  That is just what I needed.  *You* know how to explain
>things!!!

You're very sweet. I just recognized a kindred spirit since I also
like step-by-step very clear instructions.

>For what it's worth, I found the "BlueMenta" and the "TraditionalOK"
>themes both to provide a satisfactory appearance (to my aesthetic
>sense) and to solve the problem of the ultra-dark high-lighting.

I'm glad. I know they limit you nowadays unless you're willing to
climb around inside of CSS files and roll your own look, but was
hoping you could find something useful in the default offerings. I
currently use the Clearlooks and Splint-Left combination for mine on
this ancient Ubuntu MATE release and was able to come up with
highlighting that worked with Claws Mail. I'll shortly be leaving
Ubuntu MATE behind, though, mainly because of the limitations they've
put on theming and the hoops they make you jump through if you want
to seriously customize them.

>I fooled around a bit trying to install the "Flat-Remix-GTK-Yellow"
>theme (which was not immediately available) since it was recommended
>by Erik Olsen, just to see what it looked like.  However after
>considerable struggle I got sweet nowhere (I won't bore you with the
>details) and decided not to waste any more time on it.

I feel your pain. I've had the occasional struggle with those
downloadable themes, too, and ended up rage-quitting and accepting
what was already there as my only choices.

>Thanks again for your help.

You're very welcome.

>P.S.  The "Mate Tweak Control" is indeed present, but seems to be
>completely irrelevant [1].  As you noted, it doesn't control themes.

Yes, and it can be dangerous to experiment in if time is of the
essence, so user beware when messing around in there.

>[1] That grey thing with the big ears. :-)

Heh. It took me a moment to see what you did there.

-- 
Little Girl

There is no spoon.