Re: setting colors

[Aleksandr Skobelev]

Ian Jones <ian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> On 2003-10-29 23:39:36 +0000 Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Aleksandr Skobelev wrote:
>>> Could anybody tell me, please, how to change colors in GNUStep. I'd
>>> like
>>> to make a background color a little brighter.
>> The best way to set the background color for all windows is surely
>> to change the system color list, stored in the file
>> GNUstep/Library/Colors/System.clr. But than again, there is no clean
>> cut way to do this at the moment, as the color pickers wont allow
>> you to do this. The best thing I can think of in the moment (apart
>> from fixing this) is to set the value you want in a piece of code
>> (using some previous found values) and store the list.
>> Hope this helps
>> Fred
>
> Alexander Malmberg wrote a bundle for Preferences.app that will do
> what you require, I think. If you are interested I can supply you with
> a tarball that works with current GNUstep cvs? It also contains a
> small additon of my own which allows you to have the default
> application menus hidden (moved to a position out of view). I wrote
> the addition because the menus are pretty much unusable if your window
> manager only supports sloppy focus as mine does, so they were just
> getting in the way. I much prefer using the right mouse button to
> access the menu anyway :)
>

Thank you (and also thanks to all who replied me). 
I'd be glad to get the tar with your addition, so you can send it to me
by e-mail or just point me where I can download it (what is more
convenient for you).