[vox-tech] conditional .gtkrc-2.0

[Dave Margolis]

Jeff Newmiller wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Mark K. Kim wrote:
>
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>>Create two different files, .gtkrc-2.0-laptop and .gtkrc-2.0-desktop, and
>>at login, using a script, determine which computer you're connecting from
>>and make a symlink to .gtkrc-2.0 from the appropriate file!  It's like
>>magic...
>>    
>>
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>Better not be logged into your multiuser system from two locations at once
>:)
>

agreed, the symlink idea will work, but it breaks if i'm logged in 
locally and remotely at the same time.

this is sort of an answering my own question - i found an environment 
variable that does the trick:

function mygaim() {

GTK2_RC_FILES=~/.mygtkrc-2.0
/usr/local/bin/gaim

}