On Sunday June 20 2010 18:49:37 Christian Jann wrote: > On Sun June 20 2010 16:18:03 Dj YB wrote: > > thanks, > > > > > edit your current gtkrc-file or create a new one for that app > > > > how do I create a gtkrc-file for a specific app, it seems like a way to > > change the setting for all gtk apps, same as changing it in the control > > panel. I must have misunderstood you, > > please try to explain. > > just use kmenuedit and change the Command from e.g. "openoffice.org -writer > %U" to > bash -c 'GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc > openoffice.org -writer %U' > > now OOo will use Clearlooks independently from your default gtk theme > > Another possibility is to make a copy of your default gtkrc file for > example: > /usr/local/share/themes/kde44-oxygen-molecule/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.openoffice.org > > and change the colors inside gtkrc.openoffice.org how you like and point > GTK2_RC_FILES for OOo to this file thanks, now I understand :-) (I hope) that when providing the GTK2_RC_FILES=path_to_gtkrc_file it only apply to the specific execution and does not change gtk preferences for all applications. thanks again, YB.
