M src/RootTheme.cc → src/RootTheme.cc

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ m_background(new BackgroundItem(*this, "background", "Background")),
     m_opgc(RootWindow(FbTk::App::instance()->display(), image_control.screenNumber())),
     m_root_command(root_command),
     m_image_ctrl(image_control),
+    m_already_set(false),
     m_background_loaded(true) {
 
     Display *disp = FbTk::App::instance()->display();
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@ }
 
 void RootTheme::reconfigTheme() {
     _FB_USES_NLS;
+
+    if (m_already_set)
+        return;
+    else
+        m_already_set = true;
 
     // if user specified background in the config then use it
     // instead of style background

M src/RootTheme.hh → src/RootTheme.hh

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ ~RootTheme();
 
     bool fallback(FbTk::ThemeItem_base &item);
     void reconfigTheme();
-    void setLoaded() { m_background_loaded = true; }
+    // little hack to deal with reconfigures -- should be fixed
+    void setLoaded() { m_background_loaded = true; m_already_set = false; }
 
     GC opGC() const { return m_opgc.gc(); }
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ FbTk::GContext m_opgc;
     const std::string &m_root_command;
     FbTk::ImageControl &m_image_ctrl; ///< image control for rendering background texture
     bool m_background_loaded; ///< whether or not the background is present in the style file
+    bool m_already_set;
 
 };