On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM, David Stuart <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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 -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
