Re: [Fwd: "Document font" pref [was: Re: asking for approval for bug 160454]]

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 19:08 -0700, Brent Smith wrote:
> Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> 
> > Can we assume that Yelp will be done really soon?  We are already
> > half-frozen for this release cycle.
> > 
> >   Federico
> 
> I'll commit the change to Yelp ASAP, but...
> 
> How is this different from the font_name key?   Is font_name intended
> for the GUI/GTK+ font, while document_font_name is for any other
> application in which you view a document?  If gedit views documents,
> then why does it use the fixed width font instead of the document font?
> 
> What about the dictionary applet, and other applications where the 
> interface is similar to a document, should they use this key?
> 
> I'm just worried about consistency.

My stance is that any application that shows you
long blocks of text should use the document font
setting, unless the text ought to be in a fixed
width font.  Text editors should display files in
fixed width, unless the user explicitly specifies
otherwise.  Similarly, email cients should always
default to fixed width for plain text email, but
HTML email should use the document font setting.

If you have a multi-line text field that isn't
fixed width, you should seriously consider using
the document font setting.  The dictionary should
use the document font setting.  (Why do we have
two seperate programs for the dictionary and the
dictionary applet?)

--
Shaun