On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:58:00 -0400 Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote: > > On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:46:39 -0400 > > Nick Lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I've tried Googling this to no avail. I have the file manager > >> Thunar installed. I'm trying to figure out how to change the icons > >> that Thunar (or all of my GTK2 apps for that matter, e.g. Abiword) > >> is using. It seems to using the the stock gnome icons I have > >> installed. I don't have Gnome or Xfce installed. GTK2-theme switch > >> is installed, but that just changes the GTK theme from ./themes. > >> Apt-cache search reveals nothing similar to GTK2-theme-switcher. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> > >> > > > > Create a file called ~/.gtkrc-2.0 (just for yourself) > > or /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc (for all users) and add the following line: > > > > gtk-icon-theme-name="Industrial" > > > > to use the Industrial icon theme, for example. Any GTK2 icon theme > > installed into /usr/share/icons will do. A lot of GTK2 properties > > can be set statically in this way. See > > > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkSettings.html > > > > for details. > > > > > I actually have that file in my home dierctory, and it reads as > follows: > > # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT > include "/home/nick/.themes/Clearlooks_Cairo-Breathe/gtk-2.0/gtkrc" > > style "user-font" > { > font_name="Verdana 10" > } > widget_class "*" style "user-font" > > include "/home/nick/.gtkrc-2.0.mine" > > # -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT > > > > The Clearlooks theme works fine, but I'm having a hard time trying > to figure out how to have Clearlook use my Nue icons which are > located in ~./icons. Any suggestions? > > You have two choices: 1. Keep your copy of ~/.gtkrc-2.0 (which looks like it was written by the theme switcher) and put further customisations in ~/.gtkrc.mine 2. Replace the contents of ~/.gtkrc-2.0 with the following: gtk-theme-name="Clearlooks_Cairo-Breathe" gtk-font-name="Verdana 10" gtk-icon-theme-name="Industrial" and don't use the theme switcher again. The second option certainly gives cleaner output. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]