Changes between Version 42 and Version 43 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

Jul 7, 2007, 9:09:16 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Improve gtkrc on windows entry

Using Pidgin

@@ -126 +126 @@
 
 === How do I change the font Pidgin uses?  The background color? ===
-The font preference in Pidgin applies only for the formatting of outgoing messages on those protocols which support said formatting.  The display fonts used by the rest of Pidgin are those specified by GTK+, the toolkit we use to create the user interface.  To change this font, you need to edit your `~/.gtkrc-2.0` file.  On Windows, this file is located at `C:\Documents and Settings\username\.themes\Default\gtk-2.0\gtkrc`.  If that file does not exist, simply create it.
+The font preference in Pidgin applies only for the formatting of outgoing messages on those protocols which support said formatting.  The display fonts used by the rest of Pidgin are those specified by GTK+, the toolkit we use to create the user interface.  To change this font, you need to edit your `~/.gtkrc-2.0` file.  On Windows, see [wiki:"Using Pidgin#WhatisagtkrcfileandwherecanIfindit" this FAQ entry] for the location of the gtkrc file.  If that file does not exist, simply create it.
 
 As an example, you can put this into `.gtkrc-2.0` to change the font size for all GTK+ applications:
@@ -242 +242 @@
 **Note that Windows Explorer will not allow you create a file that starts with a period; you'll need to use a text editor or rename the file in a cmd shell.
 
-It is recommended that you edit your per-user file instead of the global file as the global file will be replaced when GTK+ is upgraded.
+There is also a pidgin-specific file that is located in the configuration directory (`%APPDATA%\.purple\gtkrc-2.0`).
+
+It is recommended that you edit your per-user file or the pidgin-specific file instead of the global file as the global file will be replaced when GTK+ is upgraded.
 
 === Where is my `.purple` directory? ===