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List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:28328] Re: font selection
From:       "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap () xenotime ! net>
Date:       2006-08-11 0:23:47
Message-ID: 20060810172347.f328864f.rdunlap () xenotime ! net
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:45:50 -0700 Randy.Dunlap wrote:

> This is probably a FAQ, nevertheless....
> 
> I want/need to change the sylpheed (gtk) font that is
> used in the folder and message list windows.  (I have
> already changed the message view font by using
> Common Preferences/Display/Text font.)
> 
> I have tried adding ~/.sylpheed-2.0/gtkrc and
> ~/.gtkrc-2.0 files and restarting sylpheed.
> Neither of these worked.  The file(s) contains:
> 
> gtk-font-name = "Courier 14"
> 
> or various similar fonts.
> Restarting sylpheed has no effect on the folder
> and message list window(s) font.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong?  How does this work?

FYI, this is a window-manager thing.
Sylpheed (gtk) font selection works when I use kde but not
when I use xfce.  xfce has its own font selection menu,
which does work & apply to sylpheed (or apps in general).

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~Randy

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