I recently switched from Linux Mint 19 to version 21. This (unfortunately) also meant saying goodbye to gimp 2.8. The new themes ("Dark","Gray","Light","System") from Gimp 2.10 are an impertinence. In addition, the font size in the Gimp menus is unacceptable. I work on two 4K monitors (34" and 32"), and gimp has always looked good after various updates over the last few years. How do you get acceptable settings that align with Gimp 2.8? I know there are some tweaks possible. One is
Somehow changes here make it worse and more inconsistent. Is there an easy way to switch back to the old look and feel.
Why can't the new gimp automatically adapt to different resolutions (DPI) like most other Linux apps can?
Code:
$ mkdir ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/themes/DarkHighDPI
$ cd /usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes/Dark
$ cp -r gtkrc ui ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/themes/DarkHighDPI
~/.config/GIMP/2.10/themes/DarkHighDPI/gtkrc
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< gtk-font-name = "Sans 13"
---
> #gtk-font-name = "Sans 11"
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< font_name = "Sans 13"
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> # font_name = "Sans 11"Somehow changes here make it worse and more inconsistent. Is there an easy way to switch back to the old look and feel.
Why can't the new gimp automatically adapt to different resolutions (DPI) like most other Linux apps can?