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livinglifeback

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 29

[solved] OpenBox fonts and GTK things huge firefox, emacs etc.

I installed open box set it as a standalone WM.  I had an issue with OpenBoxConfig, firefox, and emacs being started in a huge window ( with huge everything in the windows as well ).  On advice from aeon-ltd on the irc i changed my fonts ( lxappearence ) and that made things smaller but there is a ton of padding.  Firefox and the emacs text is still large. Also the right click menu in all programs is large as well.

Here's a pic, if you have any questions i'll be sure to answer them, and any help would be appreciated.

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/6562/desktop.gif

Last edited by livinglifeback (2010-10-13 01:47:59)

mangust

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From: nomad

Registered: 2010-09-18

Posts: 31

Re: [solved] OpenBox fonts and GTK things huge firefox, emacs etc.

Hi livinglifeback. I suggest you manually edit ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and ~/.gtkrc.mine files. It's documented in Openbox Wiki-page (here).

Here is an example of those files, in order for fonts and icons to look 'nice' and 'smooth'

~/.gtkrc-2.0

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT
include "/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"

include "/home/igor/.gtkrc.mine"

# -- THEME AUTO-WRITTEN DO NOT EDIT

~/.gtkrc.mine

# Configuration for Gtk

style "user-font"
{
    font_name = "Sans 8"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"
gtk-font-name = "Sans 8"

gtk-icon-theme-name = "Tango"
gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-toolbar-icon-size = GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR

gtk-xft-antialias = 1
gtk-xft-hinting = 1
gtk-xft-hintstyle = "hintfull"
gtk-xft-rgba = "rgb"

Also, have a look at you .Xdefaults file (search in wiki). And don't forget to install appropriate gtk-theme.

Last edited by mangust (2010-10-12 19:33:53)

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livinglifeback

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Registered: 2009-10-24

Posts: 29

Re: [solved] OpenBox fonts and GTK things huge firefox, emacs etc.

Got it fixed.   Fixed it thanks problem apeared to be the .Xdefaults file fixed it rebooted and everything worked out fine thanks!