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eduac

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Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 123

Problem with font size on gtk based program

Hi fellas,

I hav a problem with the font size in gtk based programs. They are too small inside of the window edition (for example: eclipse ide). I increase the font size in kcontrol>appearance>gtk fonts & styles, but doesnt work.

Please check out the screenshot of my eclipse ide:

do u see the font size inside the editor? .... too small

comment: i work with the kde 3.5 wm.

anyone can help me?

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augustob

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From: Florianópolis, Brazil

Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 135

Re: Problem with font size on gtk based program

I don't use KDE and I'm not aware of what KControl actually uses to change gtk font sizes, but I suggest installing gtk-chtheme and setting the font there to see if it works.

I use it with fluxbox to configure my gtk applications' look and it works beautifully.

waltm

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From: alabama

Registered: 2006-03-21

Posts: 69

Re: Problem with font size on gtk based program

Try looking at the xfonts faq in the wiki.  Once you get the monitor dimensions set up in xorg.conf things look a lot better.

badger

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From: Melb

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 76

Re: Problem with font size on gtk based program

I may be off-base, but as a workaround you can set the Text Font+size in Eclipse. Under Window | Preferences | General | Appearance | Colors and Fonts |  Basic | Text Font | Change

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McQueen

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From: Arizona

Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 387

Re: Problem with font size on gtk based program

Once you get the monitor dimensions set up in xorg.conf things look a lot better.

Just wanted to reinforce this mention. When I did the recent xorg7 upgrade the new config that was autogen'd (Xorg -configure) included the monitor dimensions, but was commented out and I didn't notice it for a few days. It was only after getting that enabled that my fonts looked proper and sized across differing applications more uniformly.

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jaboua

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Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 634

Re: Problem with font size on gtk based program

It is possible to change GTK fonts with the gtk-qt-engine kcontrol-module