Making Eclipse look better on Ubuntu

The steps below are things to remember when I do a new Ubuntu install (so, I may revisit this when/if I reinstall Ubuntu again).

1. Tab bars in Eclipse are too big when run in Ubuntu:

There are 2 things for this:

1.1: Install Extended VS Presentation (update site: http://andrei.gmxhome.de/eclipse/)

1.2: Make menu bar smaller

Short version

gedit ~/.gtkrc-2.0

paste:

style "gtkcompact" {
GtkButton::default_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButton::default_outside_border={0,0,0,0}
GtkButtonBox::child_min_width=0
GtkButtonBox::child_min_heigth=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_x=0
GtkButtonBox::child_internal_pad_y=0
GtkMenu::vertical-padding=1
GtkMenuBar::internal_padding=0
GtkMenuItem::horizontal_padding=4
GtkToolbar::internal-padding=0
GtkToolbar::space-size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_size=0
GtkOptionMenu::indicator_spacing=0
GtkPaned::handle_size=4
GtkRange::trough_border=0
GtkRange::stepper_spacing=0
GtkScale::value_spacing=0
GtkScrolledWindow::scrollbar_spacing=0
GtkTreeView::vertical-separator=0
GtkTreeView::horizontal-separator=0
GtkTreeView::fixed-height-mode=TRUE
GtkWidget::focus_padding=0
}
class "GtkWidget" style "gtkcompact"

Full explanation in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1465712


2. Window buttons are not in the right:

Short version:
Alt+F2, gconf-editor, apps/metacity/general, button_layout, menu:minimize,maximize,close

Full version: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/


3. Set proper theme:

System > preferences > appearance (get online theme): Clearlooks Compact (customize colors: selected items: #969696 (150,150,150))


4. Set fonts

Copy Windows fonts from C:\Windows\Fonts to ~/.fonts (tahoma and consolas) -- yes, I really like those fonts :)

System > preferences > appearance: use tahoma 8 for app/doc/desktop, sans bold 8 for window and consolas 9 for monofont (in windows I use consolas 10, but it seems Linux will render the fonts a bit bigger, so, a smaller size is needed).

Rendering: subpixel smoothing.


By request, a picture of how it looks (click to see it full):