<ThreadSafetyStatement>Gtk# is thread aware, but not thread safe; See the <linklocation="node:gtk-sharp/programming/threads">Gtk# Thread Programming</link> for details.</ThreadSafetyStatement>
<summary>Object for rc-file handling--- for example, ~/.gtkrc--- and application style and default setting. Rc files can be used to set the colors of just about any widget, and they can also be used to tile pixmaps onto the background of some widgets.</summary>
<summary>Finds all matching RC styles for a given widget, composites them together, and then creates a <seecref="T:Gtk.Style"/> representing the composite appearance.</summary>
<summary>If the modification time on any previously read file for the given <seecref="T:Gtk.Settings"/> has changed, discard all style information and then reread all previously read RC files.</summary>
<summary>If the modification time on any previously read file for the default <seecref="T:Gtk.Settings"/> has changed, discard all style information and then reread all previously read RC files.</summary>
<returns>a <seecref="T:System.Boolean"/>, TRUE if files were re-read.</returns>
<remarks>Unlike the underlying GTK+ function, the return value of this method is a string, not a directory handle that must be freed later. (FIXME: the GTK+ docs point at the "GTK_PATH" section of "Running GTK applications", which is very detailed and may or may not need included here.)</remarks>
<remarks>(FIXME: does this apply for Gtk# too?) In standard Gtk+ applications, the GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE environment variable overrides the im_module_file specified in the RC files, which in turn overrides the default value sysconfdir/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules (sysconfdir is the sysconfdir specified when GTK+ was configured, usually /usr/local/etc.)</remarks>
<remarks>(FIXME: "See the documentation of the GTK_PATH environment variable for more details about looking up modules.") This function is useful solely for utilities supplied with GTK+ and should not be used by applications under normal circumstances.</remarks>
<summary>Creates up a <seecref="T:Gtk.Style"/> from styles defined in a RC file by providing the raw components used in matching. This function may be useful when creating pseudo-widgets that should be themed like widgets but don't actually have corresponding GTK# widgets. An example of this would be items inside a GNOME canvas widget.</summary>
<paramname="widget_path">a <seecref="T:System.String"/>, the widget path to use when looking up the style, or <seelangword="null"/> if no matching against the widget path should be done</param>
<paramname="class_path">a <seecref="T:System.String"/>, the class path to use when looking up the style, or <seelangword="null"/> if no matching against the class path should be done.</param>
<paramname="type">a <seecref="T:GLib.GType"/>, a type that will be used along with parent types of this type when matching against class styles, or G_TYPE_NONE</param>
<returns>a <seecref="T:Gtk.Style"/>,a style created by matching with the supplied paths, or <seelangword="null"/> if nothing matching was specified and the default style should be used.
<remarks>The returned value is owned by GTK+ as part of an internal cache, so you must call g_object_ref() on the returned value if you want to keep a reference to it. (FIXME: what's the GTK# equivalent of g_object_ref()?)</remarks>