[SLE] 100 dpi fonts in setup
I've just set my fonts to 100 dpi by default following the X Font de-uglification howto. The difference is remarkable. Why didn't SuSE do this for me automatically when I did my X setup? Is there a reason to give someone selecting 1024x768 or higher res the tiny fonts? I see how Microsoft's "Use large fonts" option works now! How about it SuSE? Just a tool to make the tweak to XF86Config would be a start! -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Care to share more details for newbie on this list? Thanks. Dennis/SG
I've just set my fonts to 100 dpi by default following the X Font de-uglification howto. The difference is remarkable. Why didn't SuSE do this for me automatically when I did my X setup? Is there a reason to give someone selecting 1024x768 or higher res the tiny fonts? I see how Microsoft's "Use large fonts" option works now!
How about it SuSE? Just a tool to make the tweak to XF86Config would be a start!
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Hello all, Anyone know if there will be an updated rpm of wvdial for download anytime soon? Thanks, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -------------------- "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom" --Gen. George Patton -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Dennis wrote:
Care to share more details for newbie on this list? Thanks. Dennis/SG
I've just set my fonts to 100 dpi by default following the X Font de-uglification howto. The difference is remarkable. Why didn't SuSE do this for me automatically when I did my X setup? Is there a reason to give someone selecting 1024x768 or higher res the tiny fonts? I see how Microsoft's "Use large fonts" option works now!
How about it SuSE? Just a tool to make the tweak to XF86Config would be a start!
It's all at: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU.html I only did the XF86Config tweak, but that in itself changes Netscape from a pain in the eyeballs to reasonably pleasant to use. I actually did this ages ago on my SuSE-6.1 system, but forgot about it when I reinstalled 6.3. I'd of thought it would be easy to get Sax to do this automatically. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Derek Fountain wrote:
I've just set my fonts to 100 dpi by default following the X Font de-uglification howto.
Are you talking about the correspondence on this list or some actual Howto? If it's an actual Howto, where can we find it?
The difference is remarkable. Why didn't SuSE do this for me automatically when I did my X setup? Is there a reason to give someone selecting 1024x768 or higher res the tiny fonts? I see how Microsoft's "Use large fonts" option works now!
How about it SuSE? Just a tool to make the tweak to XF86Config would be a start!
I finally found out where the specific font ordering comes from. Look in: /var/X11R6/sax/bin/mainsax.tcl, line 881 (for SuSE 6.2). If you modify the fontpath ordering in /etc/XF86Config and then call sax again to twiddle your video card, the ordering will revert to the old one. On the other hand, you could go into the tcl file and change the order there to put the 100dpi fonts first. While you're at it, you might also want to add some local font paths so that if you update your system you won't lose track of fonts you've added yourself. Paul -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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