Re: gtk through a ssh connection

[John Spray <jcspray icculus org>]

On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 14:17 +0100, Andreas Volz wrote:
> #client> ssh -X server sylpheed-claws
> (or any other app)
> 
> As you explained I would expect to open sylpheed-claws with GTK-E17
> theme. But it's opened with Clearlooks theme (from the client). I like
> this situation, but it's other than you've explained it. Or did I
> misunderstood you?

My experience is that when I run a GTK application remotely I get the
theme on the local machine, which I assume is exported as some kind of X
resource?  However, if the theme set on the local machine is not
installed on the remote machine then the application will appear with
the default theme.

This applies when running inside a GNOME session on the local machine.
If I'm connecting from an otherwise empty X server (eg with a minimal
window manager or on Windows) then I find I have to run gnome-session on
the remote machine to get a them at all.  I assume this is because
gnome-session is invoking the configuration daemon, but I don't know.

Hope that helps,
John