Changes between Version 192 and Version 193 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

May 13, 2010, 11:38:32 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Add instructions for installing GTK+ themes on Windows.

Using Pidgin

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 == Miscellaneous (All platforms) ==
 
-=== Why my Yahoo.co.uk account doesn't work? (error code:"Invalid username") ===
-Change your Yahoo account's 'Username' from 'username@yahoo.co.uk' to only 'username' (remove: '@yahoo.co.uk').
+=== Why doesn't my yahoo.co.uk account work? (error code:"Invalid username") ===
+Change your Yahoo account's `Username` from 'username@yahoo.co.uk' to only 'username' (remove: '@yahoo.co.uk').
 
 === What is a gtkrc file and where can I find it? ===
@@ -594 +594 @@
 Enable the `Windows Pidgin Options` plugin and check the `Start Pidgin on Windows startup` checkbox.
 
+=== How can I change my GTK+ Theme? ===
+As of version 2.7.0, Pidgin ships with a private GTK+ runtime and doesn't include extra themes or a GUI theme switching application.
+
+There is an easy way to use the GTK+ theme binaries and theme switcher that [http://artificialtime.com/ashaduri/ Alexander Shaduri] maintains.  Note that we don't recommend you use the GTK+ installer he distributes unless you know what you're doing and have a good reason for doing so.
+
+Download the [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk-win/gtk2-themes-2009-09-07-win32_bin.zip?download GTK+ Themes] and [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk-win/gtk2_prefs-0.4.1.bin-gtk2.10-win32.zip?download GTK+ Theme Switcher] zip files and extract them to a temporary directory.
+
+Copy the `lib` and `share` directories from the `GTK+ Themes` zip file into your `<Pidgin Installation Directory>\Gtk` directory (you want to merge those with the existing `lib` and `share` directories).  Copy the `gtk2_prefs.exe` from the `GTK Theme Switcher` zip file into your `<Pidgin Installation Directory>\Gtk\bin` directory.
+
+You can now run the `gtk2_prefs.exe` applications to choose a theme.  You probably will want to use the "Apply for all users" checkbox so that the changes are made to Pidgin's private GTK+ runtime.
+
 == Miscellaneous (Linux and Unix-like platforms) ==