Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

Jun 17, 2007, 10:23:31 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

John Bailey

Comment:

I THINK this fixes all the screwups hkazemi deemed necessary to introduce.

Using Pidgin

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 See [wiki:SmileyThemes the page on smileys].
 
-=== Where did my custom smiley theme go after I upgraded Pidgen? ===
-Customized Smiley Themes should be saved in the user profile folder, NOT in the main install folder.  On Windows, this means saving smiley themes in %APPDATA%\.purple\smileys, not in %ProgramFiles%\Pidgin\pixmaps\pidgin\emotes .  Customizations made to Pidgen's main install folder may be lost during an upgrade.  Also see http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1354
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-=== How do I change the Look and Feel? ===
-Pidgin doesn't support skinning.  It does, however, support using various GTK+ themes to render the widgets.  The default theme, `MS-Windows,` is designed to fit in with Windows.  The GTK+ Runtime installer now includes a utility, accessible from the Start Menu, to change the theme.  If you'd simply like to change the smilies used in your chats, take a look at [wiki:SmileyThemes the page on smileys].
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-Themes and information on using them can be found at http://themes.freshmeat.net, http://art.gnome.org, or by searching on your favorite search engine, such as Google.
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 === Can I "skin" Pidgin? ===
-The UI can be customized using GTK themes and by [wiki:SmileyThemes Smiley Themes].  Application-specific skins will never be supported by Pidgin.  This seems to confuse a lot of users, so here's an attempt at an explanation.  (In addition, skinning a pidgin (pigeon) would kill it, another reason it isn't supported.)
+The UI can be customized using GTK themes and by [wiki:SmileyThemes Smiley Themes].  Application-specific skins will never be supported by Pidgin.  This seems to confuse a lot of users, so here's an attempt at an explanation.
 
 Themes allow you to change font size, font face, the color of different elements of the UI, and sometimes their shape. All of this is perfectly reasonable, and encompasses the range of configuration that ''most'' users are requesting. Skins go beyond this. Skins allow you to move and possibly suppress different elements of the UI that the programmers have added for specific reasons.
@@ -231 +223 @@
 
 The Mozilla folks maintain a good Windows Firewall information resource [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls here].
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+=== Why did my smiley theme disappear after I upgraded Pidgin? ===
+Smiley themes should be installed to the user's .purple directory, not in the location Pidgin is installed to.  This means that you install smiley themes only to `%APPDATA%\.purple\smileys`.  Additions to or removals from Pidgin's installation location will be lost during an upgrade.
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+=== How do I change the look and feel? ===
+Pidgin doesn't support skinning.  It does, however, support GTK+'s use of themes to render the widgets differently.  The default theme, `MS-Windows,` is designed to fit in with Windows.  The GTK+ Runtime installer now includes a utility, accessible from the Start Menu, to change the theme.  If you'd simply like to change the smilies used in your chats, take a look at [wiki:SmileyThemes the page on smilies].
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+Themes and information on using them can be found at http://themes.freshmeat.net, http://art.gnome.org, or by searching on your favorite search engine, such as Google.
 
 === What is a gtkrc file and where can I find it? ===
@@ -298 +298 @@
 GTK+ sets these `WM_CLASS` values for us so that they are unique for Pidgin instances, and the documentation for the `gtk_window_set_wmclass` function says explicitly not to use it for anything else.  Pidgin uses the `WM_WINDOW_ROLE` hint to differentiate windows.  If your window manager is having problems differentiating between Pidgin windows, please ensure it uses the `WM_WINDOW_ROLE` hint per the ICCCM.
 
+=== How do I change the look and feel? ===
+Pidgin doesn't support skinning.  It does, however, support GTK+'s use of themes to render the widgets differently.  If you'd simply like to change the smilies used in your IMs and chats, take a look at [wiki:SmileyThemes the page on smilies].
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+Themes and information on using them can be found at http://themes.freshmeat.net, http://art.gnome.org, or by searching on your favorite search engine, such as Google.
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 === Can I make Pidgin transparent/translucent? ===
 It is not possible to make Pidgin translucent in Linux and other platforms that use X11.