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minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoIs gtk not backward compatible with older version?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day ago Is gtk not backward compatible with older version? New main versions of software usually is not compatible with old versions. That’s one of the points of new main versions. You cannot load Qt 3 themes into Qt 6 either.
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 day agoNo. GTK 3 was a breaking change, and so was 4.
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoAdditionally, I think 3.18 onward doesn’t even support theming engines. As said, though, GIMP is stuck on GTK2. If you’re having a lot of trouble, perhaps just go with the Flatpak.
minus-squareStrit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThey tend to use different theming engines each major version, so I don’t believe they are.
Is gtk not backward compatible with older version?
New main versions of software usually is not compatible with old versions. That’s one of the points of new main versions. You cannot load Qt 3 themes into Qt 6 either.
No. GTK 3 was a breaking change, and so was 4.
Additionally, I think 3.18 onward doesn’t even support theming engines. As said, though, GIMP is stuck on GTK2.
If you’re having a lot of trouble, perhaps just go with the Flatpak.
They tend to use different theming engines each major version, so I don’t believe they are.