[Solved] Metacity theme question

Hi,
I use a modified version of the "Human" theme but it's not perfect yet.
The ugly 'point' on the left should be removed and at this area the application icon should be shown.
What is needed to modify? Thanks for help.
Screenshot:
metacity-theme.xml:
http://pastebin.com/ZVx5My1U
Edit: solved by myself
Last edited by Radioactiveman (2011-03-21 17:56:57)

anonymous_user wrote:
Haptic wrote:What's wrong with asking 2 things in 1 thread?
Arch Wiki wrote:Choose one topic per thread. Long threads are typically discouraged in the technical issue subforums. Try not to post multiple questions in a single topic -- this makes it difficult to search for specific problems.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post
Sorry, I moved the other question to another topic.
Nothing shows up in ncmpcpp
mpd.conf
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/342598/
Last edited by Haptic (2011-02-22 02:49:02)

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