How to change pidgin theme ?

1. First get into the purple directory which is present in your home folder and is hidden.

deep@deep-laptop:~$cd .purple

2. When you get into the purple directory,check for the backgrounds folder, if it doesn't exist create one

deep@deep-laptop:~$ mkdir backgrounds

3. Put the background image you wish to use for pidgin in the above created folder (backgrounds). The size of the image for pidgin is 300px width and 500px height (300*500). Let us suppose that you have saved the background image named pidgin-background.png in desktop the n type the following command to copy that picture to backgrounds folder.

deep@deep-laptop:~$ cp /home/deep/Desktop/pidgin-background.png  /home/deep/.purple/backgrounds/

Note if you dont want to modify the file name gtkrc-2.0 then save the image as pidgin- background.png ,else you need to modify this file according to your image name.

5. Now check for .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home folder. (Remember this is a hidden file) If it doesn't exist create a one by typing the following command:

deep@deep-laptop:~$ nano .gtkrc-2.0

The .gtkrc-2.0 file content should be the following : Copy the following text and paste it.

pixmap_path "~/"

style "my-blist" {

bg_pixmap[NORMAL] = "/.purple/backgrounds/pidgin-background.png"

text[NORMAL] = "#ffffff"

#this makes the text white, if you want black, take this code:

#text[NORMAL] = "#000000"

bg[NORMAL] = "#F5D8BC"

base[NORMAL] = "#F5D8BC"

GtkTreeView::odd_row_color = ""

GtkTreeView::even_row_color = ""

}

widget "*pidgin_blist_treeview" style "my-blist"

Finally restart your pidgin . Thats it you have a different background ..........

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new pidgin user Anonymous (196.25.255.xxx) 2009-07-02 11:15:37 Where or how exactly do u find the home folder...i m new to pidgin so im lost ri ght now Reply | Quote 0 0

home folder deep (84.249.240.xxx) 2009-07-05 06:24:15 Home folder: You can find it under places also. As mentioned in the tutorial ,w hen you go to termina l the location is always home folder. Reply | Quote 0 0

Doesnt work Stephen (69.123.93.xxx) 2009-08-26 05:38:33 This code does not work for me. I changed the code without changing anything bu t the filename and sa ved the image in the correct place. It changes all the co lors properly, but no image is displayed. Reply | Quote 0 0

dude you are my savior.... eri (125.163.244.xxx) 2009-11-28 17:51:34 thanks so much dude.....this work like a charm...! !! im looking for how to do t his for few days, and im almost frustased...! for those who doesnt wor k, chec k if you already safe your .gtkrc after you paste that code in terminal, press ctrl + o , to save your file.....good luck! Reply | Quote 0 0

pidgin bkground not working xtify (67.242.78.xxx) 2010-03-01 14:07:38 Hey man, I followed the instruction to a T and my bkground still has not chang ed to the wallpaper t hat I want to use. I can adjust the format and eve rything else in file besides the image any sugges tions to get this workin? Reply | Quote 0 0

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