Re: Interface font

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 20:44 -0400, John R. Culleton wrote:
> On Thursday 06 July 2006 17:50, Andy Korvemaker wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:27:13 -0500 (CDT), "Lars Eighner" said:
> > > > --- Lars Eighner wrote:
> > > >> How can I adjust the interface font. That is the font used in the
> > > >> toolbars and menus, not the font used in documents.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> > > > AbiWord uses the GTK+ 2.0 toolkit. You should consult their
> > > > documentation on the matter.
> > >
> > > So your answer is:
> > > a) you don't know
> > > b) you do know but you won't tell me
> >
> > Oh, he knows. Dom knows all. :-)
> >
> > I don't think there is a simple answer. I know when I was running GNOME,
> > setting the default font for programs set it for AbiWord as well. So...
> > (going from memory) that would probably be under something like
> > Preferences -> Fonts on the GNOME menu bar.
> >
> > If you're not using GNOME, I'm not sure how to change the GTK defaults.
> > There's probably some program available, and it's likely a setting in a
> > text file, perhaps ~/.gtkrc or something similar. But I'm guessing. I'm
> > on a Mac now, so I can't check it on my own system.
> >
> > Google pointed me to
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-July/013413.html
> > That may help.
> >
> > andy
>
> Gnome seems to be fading a bit. I use Slackware and the entire
> Gnome suite has been deleted. This means that whatever version I
> now have of Abiword is probably the one I will use in perpetuity.
>
> It is perhaps too late for Abiword to adopt a new interface, but
> the persistent use of Gnome seems to limit the audience a bit.
>

Wow. This is one of the strangest posts I've seen in a long time. I wish
the slackware community well but comparing what happens there to the
general state of linux distros is pretty weird.

For a start there is a very dedicated bunch of slackware hackers who are
aggressively supporting gnome. They provide dropline gnome. You can find
them along with some fantastic packages you can drop into your slackware
distro here.

http://www.droplinegnome.net/

The Ubuntu, Fedora Core, RedHat and Novell companies all support Gnome
as their default desktop. The Debian Community also supports Gnome has
it's default desktop. I cannot see Gnome dying anytime soon. There is
now a genuine eco-system of companies that make a living via the Gnome
desktop.

Cheers

Martin

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Received on Tue Jul 11 03:02:02 2006