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damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 5,434

[SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

I'm working on a script to save/restore OB and GTK theme configs, and although it is working OK, I can't find how to refresh the GTK theme with a command. Usually you would select and apply it with lxappearance, but how to do it without the gui?

The relevant gtk config files are in place (I think!), and the OB theme changes OK, but the gtk theme doesn't refresh.

"openbox --reconfigure/--restart" isn't doing it, and I don't want to use the gui or logout/login.

Any suggestions?

Last edited by damo (2015-05-09 16:27:57)

cpoakes

#! CrunchBanger

From: Tucson, Arizona

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Never found anything.  After some research, I wrote this for waldorf/wheezy using python 2 (2.7).  Untested in jessie or with python3:

#!/usr/bin/python
#  gtkreload

def usage():
    print """\
Usage: gtkreload
  Signal applications to reload gtk, usually to apply a new theme."""
    exit()

import sys, gtk

if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
    usage()
events=gtk.gdk.Event(gtk.gdk.CLIENT_EVENT)
data=gtk.gdk.atom_intern("_GTK_READ_RCFILES", False)
events.data_format=8
events.send_event=True
events.message_type=data
events.send_clientmessage_toall()

Call it "gtkreload", add execute permission, shebang invokes python interpreter.

Last edited by cpoakes (2015-05-09 15:26:32)

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damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 5,434

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Thanks cp    Glad to know it isn't just me being thick!

I'll play with that code, thanks

EDIT: Works a treat!! 

Last edited by damo (2015-05-09 16:07:58)

damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 5,434

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Using @cpoakes python code in a function within a bash script - it does the job

function reloadGTK(){
python - <<END
import sys, gtk

if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
    usage()
events=gtk.gdk.Event(gtk.gdk.CLIENT_EVENT)
data=gtk.gdk.atom_intern("_GTK_READ_RCFILES", False)
events.data_format=8
events.send_event=True
events.message_type=data
events.send_clientmessage_toall()
    
END
}

cpoakes

#! CrunchBanger

From: Tucson, Arizona

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Nice adaptation to the shell.  Doesn't need the "sys" import or the "if..usage()" lines:

function reloadGTK(){
python - <<END
import gtk

events=gtk.gdk.Event(gtk.gdk.CLIENT_EVENT)
data=gtk.gdk.atom_intern("_GTK_READ_RCFILES", False)
events.data_format=8
events.send_event=True
events.message_type=data
events.send_clientmessage_toall()

END
}

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damo

#! gimpbanger

From: N51.5 W002.8 (mostly)

Registered: 2011-11-24

Posts: 5,434

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Thanks

Sector11

#!'er to BL'er

From: SR11 Cockpit

Registered: 2010-05-05

Posts: 15,667

Website

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

    $ aptitude show filename
Package: gtk-theme-switch         
State: not installed
Version: 2.1.0-2
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Maintainer: Denis Briand <denis@narcan.fr>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 111 k
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0),
         libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Conflicts: gtk-theme-switch
Description: GTK+ theme switching utility
 Utilities to easily switch GTK+ themes that can be run from the console, and has an optional GUI dock and theme
 preview. It can install themes downloaded from gtk.themes.org as well straight from the tarball.
Homepage: http://gna.org/projects/gtk-theme-switch/

Last edited by Sector11 (2015-05-10 13:39:53)

cpoakes

#! CrunchBanger

From: Tucson, Arizona

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 202

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Last edited by cpoakes (2015-05-10 03:29:15)

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Sector11

#!'er to BL'er

From: SR11 Cockpit

Registered: 2010-05-05

Posts: 15,667

Website

Re: [SOLVED]Command to refresh GTK theme?

Thank you cpoakes - sometimes things are not what they appear to be.