pidgin background color

[mathfeel]

Hi, I am using a black theme. So it is extremely annoying that when I chat via pidgin, the msg other send me (usually in black) is completely invisible over a black background.

So I am trying set the background of the pidgin chat window. So I edited my /.purple/gtkrc-2.0:

style "purplerc_style"
{
  GtkIMHtml::hyperlink-color = "#00FF37"
  GtkIMHtml::send-name-color = "#AA000A"
  GtkIMHtml::receive-name-color = "#0AAA00"
  GtkIMHtml::background-color = "#FFFFFF"
}
widget_class "*" style "purplerc_style"

style "NoPidginGroupColor"
{
  bg[ACTIVE]   = "#FFFFFF"
}
#widget "*pidgin_blist_treeview" style "NoPidginGroupColor"
widget "*" style "NoPidginGroupColor"

No effect. Am I doing this right? Also, what is widget name for the chat window (not the buddy list).

[m-m-me]

Hi, same exact problem here, I have to change appearance settings every time(which throws everything else off) or highlight each new message



(English is my first language, BTW)

[dunomous]

Dunno if you ever got this figured out, but I'd like to know if you ever found a solution. My guess is that whichever gtk theme you're using may be overwriting the purple gtk file. You may be better off defining that in your theme's gtk file.

[n3had]

Dunno if you ever got this figured out, but I'd like to know if you ever found a solution. My guess is that whichever gtk theme you're using may be overwriting the purple gtk file. You may be better off defining that in your theme's gtk file.

Tools-->plugins-->conversation colors

and click on received messages and change the color

hope it helps

nehad

[stoffe]

Here's how I did it to better work with the theme from Ubuntu Satanic:

~/.purple$ cat gtkrc-2.0 
# Create a style called "satanic" where the text and base colors can be set:
style "satanic"
{
   base[NORMAL] = "#CCCCCC"
   text[NORMAL] = "#000000"
}

# Apply "satanic" to conversation entry box--where you type.
widget "*pidgin_conv_entry" style "satanic"

# Apply "satanic" to conversation history pane--where you read the conversation.
widget "*pidgin_conv_imhtml" style "satanic"

[dunomous]

Here's how I did it to better work with the theme from Ubuntu Satanic:

~/.purple$ cat gtkrc-2.0 
# Create a style called "satanic" where the text and base colors can be set:
style "satanic"
{
   base[NORMAL] = "#CCCCCC"
   text[NORMAL] = "#000000"
}

# Apply "satanic" to conversation entry box--where you type.
widget "*pidgin_conv_entry" style "satanic"

# Apply "satanic" to conversation history pane--where you read the conversation.
widget "*pidgin_conv_imhtml" style "satanic"

Works great! Tank!