Is it because pamac build from flatpak
?
Usually flatpak
apps ignore system font configuration (anti-aliasing, hinting, so on).
Why by the way?
All other apps (except pamac
) follow my font configuration.
Pamac
is from distro. I didn’t install it explicitly.
It’s not a FlatPak, it’s a GTK4 application, unless you’re using the GTK3 version. GTK4 is very difficult to customize, so perhaps you are better off using the GTK3 version.
sudo pacman -Rdd pamac-gtk && sudo pacman -S pamac-gtk3
Because they run inside a container, with their own fonts and theme, and they have very limited access to the underlying system.
pacman-gtk
? Maybe pamac-gtk
.
It was a typo. Corrected now.
Can fonts for flatpak apps be configured somehow?
I don’t think so. I don’t use any FlatPaks or Snaps, so I cannot tell. But in general they don’t follow the system theme or font selections.
What are differences between pamac-gtk
(on gtk4
) and pamac-gtk3
?
Why is the latter better?
It’s a matter of preference. GTK4 is notoriously difficult to tweak, while GTK3 has more theming options. pamac-gtk
is more at home in the GNOME environment.
Other than that, pamac-gtk
also requires plugins for Snap and FlatPak support, which pamac-gtk3
does not need.
Wollie
27 October 2023 14:47
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Some more background info:
With Manjaro Gnome we follow strictly what upstream Gnome developers do regarding theme with adaptive design in mind. Pamac is designed for Gnome desktop environment and Phosh for mobile use. If you don’t use Gnome, use the old GTK3 UI of Pamac. We try to backport common features to that one too.
libadwaita is the best thing happened in the Linux ecosystem. This way application developers don’t have to care about theming, as it is fixed to one thing. Sure there will be the dark mode, but this is the only thing they have to take care of and take a look. When colouring is added, adwaita isn’t as bad as everybody thinks it is. pamac was always being designed as a Gnome app and always follows the latest design concepts - period.
If you don’t like it, you may want to use Octopi , which is a p…
pamac is gtk.
And its the only graphical package manager manjaro suggests or supports.
The nomenclature as of now is pamac-gtk and pamac-gtk3, with the second being the ‘classic’ one developed up til now. pamac-gtk is current and gtk-4 and notably libadwaita specifically. While that is probably best integrated with Gnome … its not gnome-specific. Any desktop that can handle gtk4 can handle the new pamac.
It may make sense for the team to decide to include one or the other in certain editions …
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Can fonts for flatpak apps be configured somehow?
To fix Flatpaks anti-alias font and theme problems under KDE Plasma, simply install xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
package then reboot.
system
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