On Sun June 20 2010 13:47:59 Dj YB wrote: > hello, > > I have this little problem, I like a specific color scheme but > unfortunately it's not suitable for all applications. > for example Kmail and Kontact in general looks great with it but OpenOffice > apps are unusable, can't see a thing. > so my question is if and how can I exclude an application from the color > scheme or perhaps apply to it specifically a different color scheme. > try this: [user at lhost ~]$ GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc ooffice -writer If you want to use this in a launcher or menu, rather than the terminal, try the following: bash -c 'GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc ooffice - writer'