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 > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> meld-list mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/meld-list > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >
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