On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Uwe Pross wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> On 28 Jan 2006 at 12:16:30 +0100, Greg BOGNAR wrote:
> 
> > I use fvwm mainly with GTK2 applications.  All window
> > menus, etc. get the appropriate decorations, except for
> > OpenOffice, which comes up with a very ugly interface. 
> > But it does get the decorations under Gnome and Xfce.  So
> > what is it that forces OpenOffice to look like a Gtk
> > application under them?  Is there something I should run
> > under Fvwm to get the desired effect?
> 
> You can try setting the environment variable (bash syntax):
> 
>    export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
> 
> to use gtk colors from ~/.gtkrc (~/.gtkrc-2.0) or 
> 
>    export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde
> 
> to use kde colors. I have got 
> 
>    SetEnv OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP gnome
> 
> in my fvwm config file which makes this variable available
> in all processes started by fvwm.
> 
> Cheers, Uwe
> 

Thank you, I meanwhile found this answer in both an earlier thread of 
this mailing list and another one.  I am all for mailing lists :-)

Greg


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