Re: Trouble using gdk_atom_intern(..)

["Maher Awamy" <muhri muhri net>]

Take a look at gtk-theme-switch code -
http://www.muhri.net/gthemeswitch.php3

specifically you will want to look at gthemeswitch.c

Maher

On 17 Oct 2000 12:58:12 -0400, otaylor redhat com said:

> 
>  Robin Verduijn <robin verduijn riversoft com> writes:
>  
>  > Hi all,
>  > 
>  > I am looking for a way to make all running gnome apps re-read the .gtkrc file
>  > and update their appearance based on that. Sort of in the same way
>  > theme-selector-capplet makes them realize the .gtkrc file has changed. I have
>  > a script that changes my gtk theme once in a while and I need a way to notify
>  > applications of these changes. The code I came up with was this:
>  > 
>  > ------
>  > {
>  >     GdkEventClient rcevent;
>  > 
>  >     rcevent.type = GDK_CLIENT_EVENT;
>  >     rcevent.window = 0;
>  >     rcevent.send_event = TRUE;
>  >     rcevent.message_type = gdk_atom_intern("_GTK_READ_RCFILES", FALSE);
>  >     rcevent.data_format = 8;
>  >     gdk_event_send_clientmessage_toall((GdkEvent *) &rcevent);
>  >     return 0;
>  > }
>  > ------
>  > 
>  > However, this breaks at line 5 (the gdk_atom_intern(..) call).
>  
>  If that breaks, it pretty much means that you haven't initialized
>  GTK+ - calling
>   
>   gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
>  
>  At the top of your program.
>  
>  > Does anyone know if, at least, I'm on the right path here and this code
>  > _could_ possibly work? Or is there something else wrong with this approach?
>  > Or if there's another way to make all gnome applications update their theme
>  > info I'd like to know how.
>  > 
>  > If I sent this to the wrong list, I do apologize. But there didn't seem to be
>  > a gnome-devel-list anywhere so I figured this must be the right one :)
>  
>  Hmmm, gnome-devel-list gnome org?
>  
>   http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/
>  
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