Changes between Version 48 and Version 49 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

Aug 2, 2007, 7:10:55 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Remove note about --portable-mode as this doesn't work in 2.1.0 (also update instructions for GTK them)

Using Pidgin

@@ -272 +272 @@
      * If you want to use a language other than en_US, create a `U:\Programs\Pidgin\locale` directory and copy any language directories that you want from your installed `Pidgin\locale` directory.
      * Copy the contents of your root installed Pidgin directory except `pidgin.exe`, `pidgin-uninst.exe`, and if you don't want spell-checking support, `libgtkspell.dll`.
-     * For version 2.1.0 and newer, copy `pidgin.exe` from your Pidgin directory to `U:\Programs\Pidgin` and rename it to `pidgin-portable.exe`; this will cause it to run in "portable mode" to work correctly with this configuration.  Alternatively, you can specify the `--portable-mode` argument to enable the same behavior.
+     * For version 2.1.0 and newer, copy `pidgin.exe` from your Pidgin directory to `U:\Programs\Pidgin` and rename it to `pidgin-portable.exe`; this will cause it to run in "portable mode" to work correctly with this configuration.
        * The older custom [/static/win32/pidgin-portable.exe pidgin-portable.exe] is currently still available (use [/static/win32/gaim-portable.exe gaim-portable.exe] for 2.0.0beta4-6 or [/static/win32/gaim-portable.exe.pre200b4 this version] for versions older than 2.0.0beta4).
    * In the same spirit, create a minimal GTK+ runtime installation from your GTK+ installation.
@@ -278 +278 @@
      * Create a `U:\Programs\GTK\lib` directory and copy the contents of the installed GTK+ runtime's `lib` directory, except the `locale` subdirectory.
      * If you want to use a language other than en_US, create a `U:\Programs\GTK\lib\locale` directory and copy any language directories that you want from your installed GTK+ runtime's `lib\locale` directory.
+     * Choose a GTK+ theme and copy the `gtkrc` file from `share\themes\<your_theme_choice>\gtk-2.0` to `U:\Programs\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file.
    * If you want spell-checking support, you will also need to create a minimal ASpell runtime installation from your ASpell installation.
      * Create a `U:\Programs\Aspell` directory with a `bin` subdirectory.