[ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 45, Issue 10

[geng wang]

Thanks Smartboy and David.

I tried metacity --update, which seems have no effect on my machine,
while metacity --replace does seem to have effect only on some
occasions.

Right now I am sticking to the "Appearance">reselect theme approach.


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> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:35:30 -0800
> From: Smartboy <smartboyathome at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] newbie: apply theme without logout
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> 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