! ---=== Experiment with making Motif more aesthetic ===--- ! - Hide text cursors in unfocused fields ! - Convert on-hover effect from shadow to background color or border ! - Pick better fonts and check which package provides them ! These had no effect on my system but, from what I read, they help on ! some systems. !.*enableThinThickness: True !.*enableEtchedInMenu: True .*enableToggleColor: True .*enableToggleVisual: True ! Thick borders and shadows everywhere are archaic !.*shadowThickness: 1 !.*borderThickness: 0 !.*?*arg*shadowThickness: 1 !.*?*arg*borderThickness: 0 !.*?*buttons*shadowThickness: 1 !.*?*buttons*borderThickness: 0 ! Un-cramp the menubar, menus, and toolbar to match modern compact sizing .*menubar*marginTop: 1 .*menubar*marginBottom: 0 .*XmMenuShell*marginTop: 2 .*XmMenuShell*marginBottom: 2 .*XmMenuShell.?.marginWidth: 2 .*XmMenuShell.?.marginHeight: 2 .*toolbar*marginWidth: 5 ! Compact the menu tear-off buttons .*XmMenuShell*XmTearOffButton*borderWidth: 0 .*XmMenuShell*XmTearOffButton*marginHeight: 0 ! The menu bar should not have a raised border !.*menubar.shadowThickness: 0 !.*menubar.borderThickness: 0 !.*XmMenuShell*XmTearOffButton*ShadowThickness: 2 ! ...and we do not want a border around the toolbar to make that stand out !.*main_window.?.borderThickness: 0 !.*main_window.shadowThickness: 0 ! Drop-down boxes in toolbars do not have raised borders these days !.*toolbar.shadowThickness: 0 !.*toolbar.?.shadowThickness: 1 ! Set Motif fonts to a nicer TTF. .*renderTable: variable .*renderTable.variable.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT .*renderTable.variable.fontName: Clear Sans .*renderTable.variable.fontSize: 13