Hideous GTK themes in KDE4 sessions.

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For some time, GTK apps running inside my KDE4 session would not pick up their theme
properly, making them look hideous in their default theme. I’m using a small wrapper
script (/usr/local/bin/startkde4) to get my KDE4 desktop up and running. Since I’ve put
the “unset GTK2*” line into the script, GTK apps pick their theme again:

#!/bin/sh

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/kdedev/kde/lib
export KDEDIR=/home/kdedev/kde
export PATH=$KDEDIR/bin/:$PATH
export KDEHOME=~/.kde4

unset GTK2_RC_FILES

. /home/kdedev/kde/bin/startkde

If you’re still living under the “I use a GTK1 app” stone, put another line for GTK(1) apps
in there.

Hope this tip keeps someone from tearing out hair. :)

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