Re: [Evolution] Inbox Font Control

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

Jeff,

> I have recently migrated my wife from an ancient Mac to a modern Linux box, 
> running RH 8.0 with Evolution 1.2.2.  Aging eyes and long years of experience 
> with Eudora have left her less than overjoyed with Evo -- something I hope to 
> correct by customizing it more to suit her needs and wishes.  In particular, 
> she needs more control over the font used to display the contents of the 
> active folder (usually the Inbox).  Knowing how customizable most 
> Linux/Gnome/Ximian ... etc products usually are, I'm pretty sure I just 
> haven't found the right place to tell it I want a larger font for the folder 
> contents display.  Where should I look and what should I tweak to make the 
> print there larger?

I had a similar problem, when installing a new system. The other way
round, though: Fonts in Evolution (Gnome1 app on a Gnome2 desktop) where
way too big.

Creating a file .gtkrc.mine I could change the font size. Set 120 to the
size, you like. HTH

...guenther


--- snipp: .gtkrc.mine ---
style "default"
{
  fontset = "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
}
 
widget_class "*" style "default"


-- 
char *t="\10pse\0r\0dtu\0  ghno\x4e\xc8\x79\xf4\xab\x51\x8a\x10\xf4\xf4\xc4";
main(){ char h,m=h=*t++,*x=t+2*h,c,i,l=*x,s=0; for (i=0;i<l;i++){ i%8? c<<=1:
(c=*++x); c&128 && (s+=h); if (!(h>>=1)||!t[s+h]){ putchar(t[s]);h=m;s=0; }}}