Re: Font changes

[Sheldon Simms <wsxyz6294 yahoo com>]

--- John K Luebs <jkluebs luebsphoto com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 08:15:24PM -0800, Sheldon
> Simms wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to GTK+ programming and I'd like to know
> if it
> > is possible to change the font used by standard
> > widgets such as GtkEntry.
> >
> > My particular desire at the moment is for
> > GtkSpinButton to use a monospaced font, but I
> wouldn't
> > mind knowing if it is generically possible to set
> a
> > font, regardless of theme, etc., for individual
> > widgets.
>
> Sometimes, its best to use the themeing or, more
> precisely, rcstyle
> system for this purpose. First, make sure that you
> name all your
> customizable widgets with gtk_widget_set_name or
> setting the name
> property. Then you call gtk_rc_parse or
> gtk_rc_add_default_files
> for any number of RC customization files with
> documented path
> locations. You might parse a site wide one, and then
> a user
> provided (located in the home directory). You can
> ship a default file
> along with your application that sets things to
> reasonable defaults. The
> advantage of this method is that you give the user
> full customizability
> without having to recompile.
> The disadvantage is that you have to maintain
> another data file.
>
> You can override the RcStyle settings completely
> with
> gtk_widget_set_style, or you can override certain
> settings with the
> gtk_widget_modify_* functions. For example, to
> ensure a monospace font,
> you would create a PangoFontDescription, and call
> pango_font_description_set_family(fd, 'monospace').
> Then simply pass this
> FontDescription to the widget with
> gtk_widget_modify_font. Of course, it
> will be impossible to override this setting from an
> RC file. 

Thanks for the very helpful reply. In this case the
fixed monospace font is exactly what I wanted and it
was very easy to implement, but I also appreciate the
information about RC files. That's the kind of thing I
was looking for with my more generic question.

-Sheldon


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