Thanks a lot for this style, imho, its the best out there, or, at least, my favourite! I only miss two features: checkboxes as well as radio buttons could glow blue (like comboboxes) when mouse is over. That's all ;) Thanks for the good work, man!

I have the same problem

When I try to install this Theme on Fedora Core 3 I follow this:
unpack all in a subdirectory called doNET
change to the directory using cd /doNET
[root@VanHelsing]# ./configure
[root@VanHelsing]# make
[root@VanHelsing]# make install
but the system return this
[root@VanHelsing]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-common... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
not using lib directory suffix
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking for a sed that does not truncate output...
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag works... no
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... no
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... no
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
appending configuration tag "GCJ" to libtool
checking if gcj supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... (cached) no
checking for gcj option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcj PIC flag -fPIC works... no
checking if gcj supports -c -o file.o... no
checking whether the gcj linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for strlcat... no
checking if strlcat needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
checking for strlcpy... no
checking if strlcpy needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
checking for main in -lutil... yes
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes
checking for socklen_t... socklen_t
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for inet_ntoa... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking crt_externs.h usability... no
checking crt_externs.h presence... no
checking for crt_externs.h... no
checking for _NSGetEnviron... no
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
checking for poll in -lpoll... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence... no
checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h... no
checking if res_init needs -lresolv... yes
checking if res_init is available... yes
checking for killpg in -lucb... no
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for char *... yes
checking size of char *... 4
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no
checking for size_t... yes
checking size of size_t... 4
checking for unsigned long... yes
checking size of unsigned long... 4
checking sizeof size_t == sizeof unsigned long... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes

checking for snprintf... yes
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for extra includes... no
checking for extra libs... no
checking for libz... -lz
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for libjpeg6b... no
checking for libjpeg... -ljpeg
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib, headers /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include using -mt
checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
checking for moc... /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin/moc
checking for uic... /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L ... yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload ... yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg... no
checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... libraries /usr/lib, headers /usr/include/kde
checking if UIC has KDE plugins available... yes
checking for KDE paths... defaults
checking for dcopidl... /usr/bin/dcopidl
checking for dcopidl2cpp... /usr/bin/dcopidl2cpp
checking for mcopidl... /usr/bin/mcopidl
checking for artsc-config... /usr/bin/artsc-config
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking for meinproc... /usr/bin/meinproc
checking if dotnet should be compiled... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
fast creating Makefile
fast creating dotnet/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands

Good - your configure finished. Start make now

[root@VanHelsing]# make
cd . && make -f admin/Makefile.common configure.in
make1: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET'
make1: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET'
cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/admin/missing --run aclocal-1.6
cd . && \
/bin/sh /root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/admin/missing --run automake-1.6 --foreign Makefile
cd . && perl admin/am_edit dotnet_prj-3.1.0/Makefile.in
cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/admin/missing --run autoconf
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/usr --no-create --no-recursion
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... yes
checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-common... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
not using lib directory suffix
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking for a sed that does not truncate output...
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag works... no
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... no
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... no
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
appending configuration tag "GCJ" to libtool
checking if gcj supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... (cached) no
checking for gcj option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcj PIC flag -fPIC works... no
checking if gcj supports -c -o file.o... no
checking whether the gcj linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for strlcat... no
checking if strlcat needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
checking for strlcpy... no
checking if strlcpy needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes
checking for main in -lutil... yes
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes
checking for socklen_t... socklen_t
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for inet_ntoa... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking crt_externs.h usability... no
checking crt_externs.h presence... no
checking for crt_externs.h... no
checking for _NSGetEnviron... no
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
checking for poll in -lpoll... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability... no
checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence... no
checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h... no
checking if res_init needs -lresolv... yes
checking if res_init is available... yes
checking for killpg in -lucb... no
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for char *... yes
checking size of char *... 4
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no
checking for size_t... yes
checking size of size_t... 4
checking for unsigned long... yes
checking size of unsigned long... 4
checking sizeof size_t == sizeof unsigned long... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for extra includes... no
checking for extra libs... no
checking for libz... -lz
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for libjpeg6b... no
checking for libjpeg... -ljpeg
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/lib/qt-3.3/lib, headers /usr/lib/qt-3.3/include using -mt
checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
checking for moc... /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin/moc
checking for uic... /usr/lib/qt-3.3/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L ... yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload ... yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg... no
checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... libraries /usr/lib, headers /usr/include/kde
checking if UIC has KDE plugins available... yes
checking for KDE paths... defaults
checking for dcopidl... /usr/bin/dcopidl
checking for dcopidl2cpp... /usr/bin/dcopidl2cpp
checking for mcopidl... /usr/bin/mcopidl
checking for artsc-config... /usr/bin/artsc-config
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking for meinproc... /usr/bin/meinproc
checking if dotnet should be compiled... yes
configure: creating ./config.status

Good - your configure finished. Start make now

cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
config.status: creating Makefile
cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/admin/missing --run autoheader
touch ./config.h.in
cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status config.h
config.status: creating config.h
make all-recursive
make1: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET'
Making all in dotnet
make2: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
cd .. && \
/bin/sh /root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/admin/missing --run automake-1.6 --gnu dotnet/Makefile
cd .. && perl admin/am_edit dotnet_prj-3.1.0/dotnet/Makefile.in
cd .. && /bin/sh ./config.status dotnet/Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating dotnet/Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
make2: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
make2: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
source='dotnet2.cpp' object='dotnet2.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/dotnet2.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/dotnet2.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../admin/depcomp \
/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -O2 -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -c -o dotnet2.lo `test -f 'dotnet2.cpp' || echo './'`dotnet2.cpp
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wmissing-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
dotnet2.cpp:48:22: dotnet.moc: No such file or directory
make2: *** dotnet2.lo Error 1
make2: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
make1: *** all-recursive Error 1
make1: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET'
make: *** all Error 2
[root@VanHelsing]# make install
cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
config.status: creating Makefile
Making install in dotnet
make1: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
source='dotnet2.cpp' object='dotnet2.lo' libtool=yes \
depfile='.deps/dotnet2.Plo' tmpdepfile='.deps/dotnet2.TPlo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../admin/depcomp \
/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/kde -I/usr/lib/qt-3.3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -O2 -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -pedantic -W -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -c -o dotnet2.lo `test -f 'dotnet2.cpp' || echo './'`dotnet2.cpp
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wmissing-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
dotnet2.cpp:48:22: dotnet.moc: No such file or directory
make1: *** dotnet2.lo Error 1
make1: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/Installers/doNET/dotnet'
make: *** install-recursive Error 1

what's happend? What I do wrong?

good work, everything looks very sleek, only two things bother me...the tabs need a rework, to look more like the buttons imho and textfields (like the location bar in konqueror) need a border imho.
Thanks for devoting your time to make kde look better, i really appreciate it :)

just found another 'flaw' (it's a matter of taste though I think it also doesn't fit inside the style):
I don't know where else to find such menus but anyways open KMail and right click on one of the column-descriptions (unread or total for example), I think when hovering one of the items, the checkbox should not get a thick border, so it should be a little smaller so there won't be such an effect, this also matches several other things, like column-descriptions themselves or scrollbars.
I understand this is a very early version of this style, so I hope you don't mind if I put up things you already made your mind up about and just couldn't implement for the time beeing.

No problem. I'm open for any suggestions and since i didn't made the theme for me alone everyone has the right to suggest and criticize things he like or don't like. I keep your annotations in mind and try them if I have again something time.

Just found two other things, I just want you to notice these, I don't request them to be changed or something, don't mean to bug you, just some feedback :)
1. In every contextmenu (+K-Menu and Desktop-Menu) the gray stripe at the left site can't be seen if the item is hovered, it is completely overpainted by the selectionmarker, my guess is that the selectionmarker should seem half-transparent, so the stripe should be visible through it, thouh thats just taste again.
2. The KNewsticker applet for kicker flickers while using this style, I noticed this same bug a few months ago with .dotNET so the bug should be in the old codebase somewhere (I'll reopen the bug on bugs.kde.org (http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63494) refering to .dotNET style, I hope this helps get an idea of whats wrong)

just noticed that in the .dotNET shipped with kde 3.3b2 the bug -is- present but hardly noticable (see bug report)

your theme has the potential to rock, it looks very professional besides it's flaws

Could you please start using Version field on kde-look? thanks

Done. (sorry)

The wallpaper is from www.deviantart.com
(http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/1215083/ , http://americanpsycho.deviantart.com/gallery/ )

Hi, I don't know how to install your theme. I tried ./configure, make, make isntall (as root) but it doesn't appear on styles. Please give me a hand if it is posible. Tnx

Try ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` instead of ./configure .

Great theme, compiling it now. Looks better than the dotnet style for kde I have now.

Could you post a lik to that nice wallpaper?

Unfortunately, i'm very short in time (diploma thesis), but after that i'll try to implement your suggestions remove all the bugs i can find.

Thanks for the positive feedback

It would be GREAT if there was buttons like in these screenshots: http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/2416pro_0023.gif
and http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/2416pro_0021.gif
At least as an option. Of course I don't know how hard it is to code such a thingies, because I have never tried.

Very nice.

Still a bit buggy and not finished, but keep up the good work, this could be an excellent and clean style.

But it is still a Jaguar.
That means. If something looks like something else it is not necessary something else. In this case it is still Linux.

Looks nice, but why don't you just run m$ windhoze is you want this look? I mean; there are dozens of good looking themes around; why would you want your X to look like something it's superiour to? It's like modding a Jaguar to make it look like an Volvo (with all respect to Volvo), is it not?

Well, if somebody has a Jaguar and he really likes the look of Volvo, can't he do that?

nicely spoken :-)

its so ugly, just not my type of style ;-)

but, you DID it the right way, it does look like .NET very well. so still: thumbs up!

But there is one exception:
The white bar above the tabs looks somehow very strange to me. Especially when there ist just one tab (like it happens in Konsole), it is disturbing my eyes ... possibly, others see it the same way.
Could this be configureable? :-)

Very nice theme, clean and simple.
Could you please post your color scheme ?