Looks like querying OS light dark mode is on the way to Comp

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Looks like querying OS light dark mode is on the way to Compose Desktop via Skiko <https github com JetBrains skiko pull 118>

Dominaezzz · Answer

Surprised it s being done on the skiko level

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

I guess it s technically not Skia bindings but given that it involves platform specific native API calls it wouldn t conceptually belong in Compose Desktop

Colton Idle · Answer

Oh this is awesome and super timely for me Thanks for posting Also I know I can just search google for these file extensions but cc and mm What is that all about

olonho · Answer

Skiko is universal low level UI library for needs of Compose

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

Might want to expand the description of Skiko

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

< Colton Idle> ` mm` is for Objective C files on macOS ` cc` is the regular C++ file extension also used interchangeably with ` cpp`

Colton Idle · Answer

Thanks TIL

ephemient · Answer

usually m is for Objectives C mm is for Objectives C++ objc mixed with c++

tad · Answer

My kingdom for a GTK to Compose theme translator

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

There s certainly a precedent of a sorts in the Swing world <https github com JFormDesigner FlatLaf> provides support for loading IntelliJ themes in the original json format in Swing apps However there s a lot of work involved there trying to bridge the gap if you will between two theming systems even though IntelliJ itself is a Swing app they chose a theming approach that is not 100 compatible with Swing look and feel UI delegates

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

So a GTK gt Compose would need two big parts The first part is a parser that can handle everything in a file like <https github com i mint bluesky blob master BlueSky Mountain Dark gtk 3 0 gtk css> The second part will probably be much bigger if you want to actually support every single thing in a GTK theme you re going to end up writing a whole new collection of components that support all of these attributes I don t think you d be able to map all of them to Material components and attributes

tad · Answer

Oh totally I m not saying it s feasible I think a better approach would be to adapt Compose to generate Gtk views

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

Absolutely feasible As long as you re willing to implement a collection of UI components that match the API surface of Gtk

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

Not sure what you mean by adapt Compose to generate Gtk views

tad · Answer

I mean implement an Applier and Node to output Gtk views

tad · Answer

basically make a compose gtk

Dominaezzz · Answer

Like compose web and dom

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

I m not sure how that would work but certainly would cost less than a kingdom for somebody who s interested in it