On Sun June 20 2010 14:04:31 Christian Jann wrote: > 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' edit your current gtkrc-file or create a new one for that app [user at host ~]$ vim .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 ########### # This file was written by KDE # You can edit it in the KDE control center, under "GTK Styles and Fonts" include "/usr/local/share/themes/kde44-oxygen-molecule/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" include "/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" style "user-font" { font_name="Sans Serif" } widget_class "*" style "user-font" gtk-theme-name="kde44-oxygen-molecule" gtk-font-name="Sans Serif 10" gtk-cursor-theme-name="Oxygen_White" ########### vim /usr/local/share/themes/kde44-oxygen-molecule/gtk-2.0/gtkrc and there you will find something like: fg[NORMAL] = "#141312" fg[PRELIGHT] = "#141312" fg[SELECTED] = "#ffffff" fg[ACTIVE] = "#141312" ... and change the colors (not tested!)