[SOLVED] Pidgin GTK theme different from system theme

[Fishbone_Beat]

how do you do this? I know how to launch pidgin with whichever interface I like to with the command

GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/themename here/gtk-2.0/gtkrc pidgin

But to do that I have to open the terminal type that in and changes are lost after I close pidgin. How can I make pidgin stay with a theme different from the system theme?


regards and thanks for the help

[reed9]

The launcher file is stored in /usr/share/applications/pidgin.desktop

The line

Exec=pidgin

is the execute command, so you can replace that with your custom line as you wrote above. So long as you're starting pidgin from the menu or a desktop launcher, it will use that.

[Fishbone_Beat]

Sorry for the delay in responding, I tried to do as you said, opened pidgin.desktop with root priviledges, changed the exec line to

GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-DarkLime/gtk-2.0/gtkrc pidgin

And I get this error:

Could not launch 'Pidgin Internet Messenger'

Failed to execute child process "GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-DarkLime/gtk-2.0/gtkrc pidgin" (No such file or directory)

however, If I type exactly the same command on the terminal (copy-paste) it DOES work and pidgin opens up with the theme. What can I do to fix this?

thanks for the help

[reed9]

Hmm. Try is as so

bash -c 'GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-DarkLime/gtk-2.0/gtkrc pidgin'

Setting a custom Gtk theme for specific applications urukrama’s weblog

[Fishbone_Beat]

that did the trick!!! thank you very much!!!