Re: Changing gtk application fonts outside of gnome (Answer)
Hi,
Caveat, I'm no GTK/Gnome expert so if someone wants to pick holes, feel
free...
Did some further digging around on the web and I've concluded that the way to
ensure your GTK apps appear as you want (font wise) outside of gnome is:
If you want anti-aliasing ensure the following environment variable is set:
GDK_USE_XFT=1
Thanks to Matthew for that.
To change the default font for GTK1.* apps then add the following lines to the
file ~/.gtkrc (or create it if it doesn't exist):
style default {
font = -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-15
}
Note... using full font definition.
For GTK2 based apps then things have changed. Need to add the following line
to the file ~/.gtkrc-2.0, outside of any style definition if you want it to
be global. (I believe that within a style definition you use the font_name =
format):
gtk-font-name = Helvetica 12
Note the switch to using shorthand font names.
Hope that helps anyone else stuck as I was.
Cheers,
Phil.
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Re: Changing gtk application fonts outside of gnome
On Saturday 19 July 2003 7:27 pm, Matthew Graybosch wrote: On Saturday 19 July 2003 10:52 am, Phil Payne wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 4-stable, XFree86 4.30 windowmaker 0.80.2. Default resolution and bitdepth is 1280x1024x24. Whenever I start GTK based apps (e.g. evolution, pan) I'm finding the application font size is too small to be readable. I've had a search through the mail archives and googled but I can't find anything explaining... Hi, Phil. Are you using the GTK2 versions of Evolution and Pan? Both gtk1 and gtk2 are installed. If I do a pkg_info -Rr on the relevant packages they have a dependency to gtk2 pkg_info -Rr evolution-1.4.0_1 | grep gtk Dependency: gtk-2.2.2 Dependency: gtkhtml3-3.0.5 pkg_info -Rr pan2-0.14.0 | grep gtk Dependency: gtk-2.2.2 Dependency: gtkspell2-2.0.4 Are you also reverting back to the default (ugly) GTK2 theme? OK... my gtk/gnome familiarity is limited. How do I tell?... and how do I change this? If so, Try putting the following lines in either ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (as appropriate): * #!/bin/sh # sample ~/.xinitrc export GDK_USE_XFT=1 gnome-settings-daemon I gave this a go and it didn't appear to change anything. What are these commands attempting? exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker * Then restart X and see what happens. I had this problem myself, and had other people ask on the Libranet users' list. Yes, there seems to be a lot of discussion about how to control GTK fonts outside of gnome without a coherent answer. Any further help is much appreciated. Sorry for being such a newb about GTK sutff. Have been working with FreeBSD, KDE and related apps for sometime with no problems but thought I'd give windowmaker and other apps a go... expand my knowledge etc... but having trouble. Cheers, Phil. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing gtk application fonts outside of gnome
On Saturday 19 July 2003 10:52 am, Phil Payne wrote: Hi, I'm running FreeBSD 4-stable, XFree86 4.30 windowmaker 0.80.2. Default resolution and bitdepth is 1280x1024x24. Whenever I start GTK based apps (e.g. evolution, pan) I'm finding the application font size is too small to be readable. I've had a search through the mail archives and googled but I can't find anything explaining... Hi, Phil. Are you using the GTK2 versions of Evolution and Pan? Are you also reverting back to the default (ugly) GTK2 theme? If so, Try putting the following lines in either ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (as appropriate): * #!/bin/sh # sample ~/.xinitrc export GDK_USE_XFT=1 gnome-settings-daemon ... exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker * Then restart X and see what happens. I had this problem myself, and had other people ask on the Libranet users' list. -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net I am become root, shatterer of kernels. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing gtk application fonts outside of gnome
On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:52:04 +0100
Phil Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm running FreeBSD 4-stable, XFree86 4.30 windowmaker 0.80.2.
Default resolution and bitdepth is 1280x1024x24.
Whenever I start GTK based apps (e.g. evolution, pan) I'm finding the
application font size is too small to be readable. I've had a search
through the mail archives and googled but I can't find anything
explaining...
... how to change the default font for GTK apps outside of a gnome
environment.
Does anyone know if/how this can be done easily?
I mean... I could lower the resolution but that feels a little
defeatist.
Please include me personally on the reply as I won't be receiving the
list email for a while.
Thanks,
Phil.
Hi,
put some lines like these in your $HOME/.gtkrc for gtk1
style user-font
{
font=-bitstream-bitstream vera
serif-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-15
}
and in $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 for gtk2
style user-font
{
font_name=Bitstream Charter 14
}
I also recommend you have a look at gtk-theme-switch in ports, which
lets you adjust gtk-themes/fonts easily. The gtk2-version wasn't in
ports last time I checked, but you can easily compile it yourself.
Holger
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