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I run sudo gedit but it looks exactly like another gedit I have open with normal user...

Any way to make it look diferent? but I dont mean tweaking each application preferences like background color of text; I mean the window decorations; I am unable to find a good way to work around that.

I dont want just the background because I like it dark, and at least on gedit there is not much options; anyway other applications may not have such option.

PS.: I actually run sudo -i gedit because without -i it overwrites and messes my normal user recent files history...

Folowing @Jobin gksudo tip, I got this result with kate:
enter image description here The image below the other is from gksudo kate, the above one is normal user; so basically, the window decoration of title bar did not change, both remained "radiance", but the buttons and the background are completely different themes! Unfortunately it seems kate has specific settings for at least the background color :(, I am looking for a generic solution.

Aquarius Power
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You could open the Settings for root:

sudo -i unity-control-center

And then change the appearance settings. gnome-tweak-tool should work too - and give slightly more control. I haven't used unity-tweak-tool, but from its description, it seems to offer the most options.

muru
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