Gnome Clock & Applets Font Color
Bob Chiodini
rchiodin at bellsouth.net
Thu May 4 13:16:34 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 06:51 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 05:24 +0300, Ali Helmy wrote:
> > 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?
> >
>
> Ali,
>
> No I don't, but you could try:
>
> widget "*PanelApplet*weather*" style
>
> Bob...
This should take care of it.
widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panel_color"
It will make the foreground the "panel_color" in all applets.
Bob...
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