Gajim & Zenburn

mkaito · 2010-06-27 00:28:26

Hey,

After trying to no avail to document myself on the topic, and fiddling with the available (through GUI) options to customize colours, I can't say I'm fully happy with the way Gajim looks to me. However, I saw that anrxc uses a custom gtkrc file to start gajim with, and we all know he's a big Zenburn lover. Has anyone seen that file, or maybe even has a copy? I'd love to have a look at it!

kaptenen · 2010-06-27 00:45:38

Do you mean this?
http://git.sysphere.org/dotfiles/tree/purple/gtkrc-2.0

mkaito · 2010-06-27 00:46:23

Well "purple" is pidgin, but maybe it's just the same file. I have to admit I didn't try.

EDIT: Nope, doesn't seem to work.

Last edited by mkaito (2010-06-27 00:48:49)

kaptenen · 2010-06-27 09:50:24

I think you need to activate a plugin to use it, maybe "pidgin GTK+ theme control"

anrxc · 2010-06-27 13:06:41

That purple gtkrc is for Pidgin (with GTK theme plugin), I made it to imitate my Gajim.

I don't share the Gajim "theme" because it's not simple, and not really a theme. Gajim theming capabilities are complex, and don't allow changing the window bg. So it's a split between a custom gtkrc and builtin schemes. I took my usual GTK theme (I use clearlooks), copied it to ~/.gtkrc-zenburn and changed a few things, mainly:

    base[NORMAL]      = "#3F3F3F" # Zenburn, window bg
    text[NORMAL]      = "#F0DFAF" # Zenburn, text

That file is included by ~/.gtkrc-gajim on startup: $ GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.gtkrc-gajim gajim

include "/home/anrxc/.gtkrc-zenburn"

gtk-icon-theme-name="Tango"
gtk-font-name="Liberation Sans 8"
gtk-key-theme-name = "Emacs"

style "user-font"
{
    font_name="Liberation Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

Gajim's theming is again split into two parts, one for themes other for "chat line colors". Relevant parts of my ~/.config/gajim/config:

inmsgcolor = #cc9393
outmsgcolor = #efef8f
statusmsgcolor = #7f9f7f
outmsgtxtcolor = #f0dfaf
restored_messages_color = #efef8f
urlmsgcolor = #00ffff

themes.zenburn.accountbgcolor = #1e2320
themes.zenburn.bannerfontattrs = B
themes.zenburn.accountfontattrs = 
themes.zenburn.groupfont = Terminus 8
themes.zenburn.groupbgcolor = #3f3f3f
themes.zenburn.state_paused_color = mediumblue
themes.zenburn.state_muc_msg_color = #0000cd
themes.zenburn.state_gone_color = grey
themes.zenburn.state_muc_directed_msg_color = red2
themes.zenburn.bannertextcolor = #acbc90
themes.zenburn.accountfont = Terminus 8
themes.zenburn.contactbgcolor = #3f3f3f
themes.zenburn.groupfontattrs = 
themes.zenburn.accounttextcolor = #acbc90
themes.zenburn.grouptextcolor = #efef8f
themes.zenburn.bannerfont = Terminus 8
themes.zenburn.bannerbgcolor = #1e2320
themes.zenburn.contactfontattrs = 
themes.zenburn.state_inactive_color = grey62
themes.zenburn.state_composing_color = green4
themes.zenburn.contactfont = Terminus 8
themes.zenburn.contacttextcolor = #f0dfaf

...and that's my interpretation of Zenburn applied to Gajim.

mkaito · 2010-06-28 11:34:04

Thanks a lot for sharing, sir. I'll try to send a beer or two over to Croatia

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#1 2010-06-27 00:28:26

Gajim & Zenburn

#2 2010-06-27 00:45:38

Re: Gajim & Zenburn

#3 2010-06-27 00:46:23

Re: Gajim & Zenburn

#4 2010-06-27 09:50:24

Re: Gajim & Zenburn

#5 2010-06-27 13:06:41

Re: Gajim & Zenburn

#6 2010-06-28 11:34:04

Re: Gajim & Zenburn

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