[ubuntu-art] newbie: apply theme without logout

[Smartboy]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM, David Stuart <rolf at restofus.org> wrote:
> All I can think of is hitting alt+f2 and running metacity --update
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM, geng wang <wanggeng at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry in advance if I should have looked around somewhere else before
>> posting.
>>
>> This is my first attempt to change a theme -> make my own theme. I
>> began with directly editing gtkrc file in my Human theme
>> dirctory(tooltip color, fg_color, etc.). I'd like to see the changes I
>> made and I have no clue how to do it, correctly. What I did was log
>> out and relog in. Another way I found that I could do this is to go to
>> "Appearance" and "reselect" Human, which force the engine to update.
>>
>> So I am sure there is better way to do it. So how do I see the changes
>> I made on an gtkrc file, "instantly" or "interactively"? Is there any
>> command, or tools?
>>
>> Any lead to some step by step tutorials would be helpful. Short ones
>> would be nice!;)
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Geng
>>
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I think the Geng is trying to update the GTK theme. There is no way to
update the theme without restarting the program(s) which use the theme
that I know of. I usually just do as you say (reselect the theme which
forces it to update).

Smartboy