All I can think of is hitting alt+f2 and running metacity --update <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:26 PM, geng wang <<a href="mailto:wanggeng@gmail.com">wanggeng@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">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 -- ubuntu-art mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art</a> </blockquote></div>