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minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIs gtk not backward compatible with older version?
minus-squaredata1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo. GTK 3 was a breaking change, and so was 4.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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)@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months 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?
No. GTK 3 was a breaking change, and so was 4.
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.
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.