Gnome Clock & Applets Font Color

[Ali Helmy]

On 02/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 22:31 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> > On 02/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >         On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 19:35 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> >         > On 01/05/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >         >         On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 12:48 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> >         >         > Hey lads,
> >         >         >
> >         >         > My background image is mostly black, and I have
> >         the
> >         >         gnome-panel color
> >         >         > set to transparent most of the time, or when its a
> >         solid
> >         >         color, its
> >         >         > black, so I have a problem, which is that all
> >         gnome applets
> >         >         [clock,
> >         >         > weather, etc] use a black font to print their
> >         text, which
> >         >         obviously,
> >         >         > doesn't show on the black panel...
> >         >         >
> >         >         > So is there some way I can edit the font the
> >         panel-applets
> >         >         use to
> >         >         > display text [say turn it into white for example]
> >         so that I
> >         >         can easily
> >         >         > read them on my black panel?
> >         >         >
> >         >         > --
> >         >         > Cheers,
> >         >         >      A. Helmy
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >         Ali,
> >         >
> >         >         Good morning, sorry to hear that the auto hide
> >         failed to
> >         >         stick, not sure
> >         >         what that's all about.
> >         >
> >         >         I had the same problem concerning the applet font
> >         colors.  I
> >         >         did some
> >         >         googling and came up with this:
> >         >
> >         >         create a file called .gtkrc-2.0 in your home
> >         directory that
> >         >         contains:
> >         >
> >         >         style "panel_color"
> >         >         {
> >         >            fg[NORMAL] = "#b4ff7b"
> >         >         }
> >         >         widget "*PanelWidget*" style "panel_color"
> >         >         widget "*PanelApplet*clock*" style "panel_color"
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >         I could not find the specific resources, thus the
> >         wild
> >         >         cards.  The color
> >         >         definition is slightly green of yellow.  I used one
> >         of the
> >         >         color-picker
> >         >         apps to get the value.
> >         >
> >         >         You'll need to log off and back on to see the
> >         changes.
> >         >
> >         >         Bob...
> >         >
> >         >
> >
> >         > Thanks for the help mate, but... what should I insert
> >         instead of the
> >         > wild cards?
> >         >
> >         > --
> >         > Cheers,
> >         >      A. Helmy
> >
> >         Ali,
> >
> >         I could not find the specific resources, but *PanelWidget* and
> >         *PanelApplet*clock* get the clock applet and the items next to
> >         the the
> >         Red Hat.
> >
> >         See attached.  Is this what you're trying to do?
> >
> >         Bob...
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > Yes that's exactly what I'm trying to do... But I still don't know
> > what to replace the wild cards with
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >      A. Helmy
>
> Ali,
>
> I think I'm missing something, you can use them as they are.  I haven't
> noticed any adverse affects.  I suspect that *PanelWidget* and
> *PanelApplet*clock* are very close to the actual resource names.  The
> source code is about the only place I can think to look.
>
> Bob...
>
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Ok, so I did what you suggested and modified the Clock text color... any
idea whay line i should add in order to control the Gnome Weather applet?

--
Cheers,
     A. Helmy
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