Glad to hear you got it working!

If you like, posting your .gtkrc-2.0 file up here:
https://wiki.gnome.org/Meld/DarkThemes

would be appreciated!
--
Louis


On 31 August 2013 05:08, John W <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah, I think I have it figured out; thanks for the input.
>
> I was missing the base[...] and text[...] entries in my .gtkrc-2.0 file.
> I found out about them by looking at the theme files you referenced.
>
> I'm not actually using a theme in the sense you mentioned, but whoever
> wrote them knows more about gtk2 than I do, so thanks for the
> reference (:
>
> -John
>
> On 8/29/13, Louis des Landes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm referring to the system gtk+ theme. In your case:
> > http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Using_gtk_themes
> >
> > GTK2 apps are limited somewhat... and background / foreground colours of
> > text entry areas of a single application cannot be customized (afaik).
> >
> > In my case I'm using a dark gtk2 theme based on Adwaita which sets the
> text
> > entry background/foreground entry areas on a system wide level, then
> used a
> > gtkrc.2.0 file to change the highlight backgrounds.
> >
> > The line in question which should set these colours is:
> >
> > gtk-color-scheme =
> >
> "base_color:#4f524f\nfg_color:#eeeeec\ntooltip_fg_color:#eeeeee\nselected_bg_color:#3465a4\nselected_fg_color:#eeeeec\ntext_color:#eeeeec\nbg_color:#393f3f\ntooltip_bg_color:#000000"
> >
> > Hopefully this may help? I can provide the actual theme I'm using if you
> > like =)
> >
> > --
> > Louis
> >
> >
> > On 30 August 2013 06:46, John W <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> I'm not quite sure what you mean by "system theme".
> >> I have a .gtkrc-2.0 file. That seems to affect lots of things (such as
> >> the main window area, buttons, etc), but not the background when there
> >> is an active diff...
> >>
> >> See attached screenshots - meld-new.png shows that the general
> >> background colors are correctly taken from.gtkrc-2.0, while
> >> meld-white.png shows that on the diff window, for common text, it's
> >> white.
> >>
> >> Is there some other styling file you're referring to?
> >> I'm not using GNOME or anything - just fluxbox.
> >>
> >> -John
> >>
> >> On 8/28/13, Louis des Landes <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > The background and foreground colours come from the system theme
> >> > itself,
> >> > you have to use a system wide gtk theme with a different background
> >> colour
> >> > to override it at the moment.
> >> >
> >> > I believe this may change when the gtk3 port is done.
> >> > On Aug 27, 2013 6:03 PM, "John W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm using the latest-and-greatest from git (7c1e24a70fea...).
> >> >> I have a customized .gtkrc-2.0 file, and I can change most colors
> just
> >> >> fine.
> >> >>
> >> >> However, I cannot seem to change the 'default' background color.
> >> >> This is the background color that shows in an unchanged area in the
> >> diff.
> >> >> For me, it is always white.
> >> >>
> >> >> Does anyone know where Meld gets that value?
> >> >> I'm not opposed to just tweaking the source code to make it work, but
> >> >> I don't really know where to look.
> >> >>
> >> >> Similarly, is there a way to change the foreground color, even if
> it's
> >> >> a
> >> >> hack?
> >> >> I already have everything descended from GtkWidget set to dark
> >> >> background / light foreground, through my .gtkrc-2.0 file, but for
> >> >> some reason Meld is not affected...
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks!
> >> >> -John
> >> >>
> >> >> I have
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> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
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