Re: changing colors of menus to match wmaker

[Chris Conn]

--- Fred Kiefer <address@hidden> wrote:

> Chris Conn wrote:
> > I've just installed GWorkspace and Affiche on my Slackware
> > Linux box, have them running and I'm wondering if there is
> > a way to change the pull-down menus to match the menu colors 
> > I'm using in WindowMaker, haven't seen anything in the docs
> > or on the web about this. Thanks for any advice,
> 
> In GNUstep the colours used for the menu come from the system colour 
> list. This is a binary file System.clr situated in 
> ~/GNUstep/Library/Colors. The colours you are interested in are 
> selectedMenuItemColor, selectedMenuItemTextColor, 
> controlBackgroundColor, controlTextColor. As the file is binary the best 
> way to change the colours is currently (until preferences comes with a 
> way to change them or we add this to the normal Color picker) to write a 
> short helper tool that creates a new colour list. If you have trouble 
> with that, ask again and I might take the time to write a few examples.

Thanks Fred, I'd love to be able to set this... the color I use most
is Light Blue, would be real interested in your examples when you
get a chance.


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Chris Conn   
address@hidden   http://storm.cadcam.iupui.edu/~cmcgoat
Austin, TX