Re: [Evolution] Changing fonts

[Trey Sizemore <trey fastmail fm>]

On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 19:06, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
<snip>
> - make sure you have gnome control center installed
> - install gconf-editor (kind of a "regedit" for gnome - allows you to
> make changes without running gnome - since doing that may hijack your
> desktop, screen saver, etc.)
> - run gconf-editor and change the following
>   * desktop->gnome->background->draw_background (uncheck)
>   * apps->gnome_settings_daemon->start_screensaver   (uncheck)
>   * apps->nautilus->preferences->show_desktop   (uncheck)
>   * I also had to mess with some gnome settings like dots per
>     inch, mouse settings, keyboard repeat, etc. to prevent the gnome
>     daemon from changing my KDE settings.
> - run gnome-font-properties to set your fonts (it will start the
> settings daemon)

Do the above steps need to be performed if I have my settings are as I
like them already in Gnome?

> Now the final step it to ensure that the gnome-settings-daemon starts up
> automatically when you start up KDE (the KDE session manager will not do
> this for you) - or the fonts will be incorrect anyway.  Go to
> ~/.kde/Autostart and create a file called gsd.desktop and put the lines
> between the ==== into that file.

Does it then look in KDE like it looks when logged into Gnome?

<snip>

Thanks again for the help.  It'd be great to get Evo looking the 'Gnome'
way and still get to use KDE!

-- 
Cheers,
Trey
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