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    Qt Creator dark theme

I've implemented a new dark theme for
Qt Creator (inspired by this .css file),
see attached screenshot.
Find the codereview over on https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/93717/
Here's how to compile it:
Optional: Compile Qt

Qt Creator now requires Qt 5.3.1 (see this commit). If you have Qt >= 5.3.1, you should be fine.
Otherwise, compile Qt for yourself. I've compiled Qt's 5.4 branch as follows.
On Ubuntu 14.04, install some dependencies
sudo apt-get install flex bison gperf libicu-dev libxslt-dev ruby \
                     "^libxcb.*" libx11-xcb-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxrender-dev \
                     libfreetype6-dev libharfbuzz-dev
sudo apt-get remove appmenu-qt5 appmenu-qt
Then, compile Qt5 from git (see http://qt-project.org/wiki/Building_Qt_5_from_Git)
git clone git://gitorious.org/qt/qt5.git qt5
cd qt5
./init-repository
git checkout 5.4
git submodule update
git submodule foreach git clean -df
./configure -opensource -confirm-license -release \
            -nomake examples -system-sqlite -optimized-qmake -system-harfbuzz -v \
            --prefix=/nobackup/inst 
make -j3
make install
Build QtCreator

git checkout https://github.com/thorbenk/qt-creator.git
cd qt-creator
git checkout --track origin/creatortheme_dark
/nobackup/inst/bin/qmake qtcreator.pro -r
make -j3
Run with dark theme

./bin/qtcreator.sh -theme dark