Re: GTK default theme over-rides the theme set for the application.

[Andreas Sommer <AndiDog web de>]

Does it work using environment variables? Like so: 
http://zeusville.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/changing-gtk-theme-for-a-specific-application/


Sid Kapoor wrote:
>  
> I am using a Clearlooks theme as default for my CentOS 5.3 system. I 
> want a slightly modified theme for a specific application XYZ. So I 
> modified the Clearlooks theme's gtkrc a little bit and included it in 
> code of XYZ using API gtk_rc_set_default_files(). Now when I run the 
> application the changes in the included gtkrc file is not reflected. 
> If I change the system's theme to something other than Clearlooks 
> (theme not using the engine "clearlooks" ), the application XYZ works 
> fine, i.e all the changes in my custom gtkrc file are reflected.
> What can be the reason for this? How can I run the system on 
> Clearlooks theme and use the custom-gtkrc file for XYZ simaltaneously ?