On Theming... and my question for Geoff (Score 1)

How about optimizing the code and getting it to really perform on older hardware?

In a lot of ways, E is optimized. By itself, E runs fine on a 486 if it is run without gnome.

How about making E pick up it's theme from a GTK theme. It's really getting confusing to have a GTK theme, a gnome theme, an E theme, etc.

Sounds like a bad idea to me. I do not like GNOME and GTK-themes. I don't like GNOME period. Having said that, I don't think it's a good idea to tie E-themes to gtk-themes or anything else. Frankly, I think the more independent direction that E has been taking lately is wonderful.

We really need to come up with better standards for global and user prefs so that every app doesn't need it's own dotfile

Come on, do you really want gtk themes that write into your .emacs (or your .gnotepad or your .knotepad.)

Or... better yet, how about reviving .xresources and making that a MOTHER_OF_ALL_THEME_CONFIG repository?

Oh, and a mother-of-all-themes repository exists. It's called themes.org and while it's not as small as an .xresource file, it does exist. By the way, here's my question for Mandrake:

Do you like the new themes.org?