Openbox, OpenOffice.org & GTK
While I'm on the topic of Openbox and themes, one thing that's been bugging me is OpenOffice.org and its refusal to natively dress in a GTK theme. I know it's a trivial issue, but when you've put some effort into creating a nice theme you at least want your applications to use it.
Anyhow, after a little Googling I found a fix:
1. Install openoffice-gtk package from Ubuntu repositories with this terminal command:
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-gtk
2. Open your personal Openbox startup file for editing:
gedit ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh
or system-wide startup file:
gksudo gedit /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh
3. Add the following lines, save and exit:
#Force OpenOffice.org to use GTK theme
export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome
4. Restart Openbox.
A couple of screenshots, in case you have no idea what I'm rambling on about :)
Before applying GTK theme:
After applying GTK theme:
Update @ 14:15 23/12/2007
When using Tango icons, don't forget to install the corresponding package for OpenOffice.org:
sudo apt-get install openoffice.org-style-tango
See updated screenshot below, this time with icons :)
