Hi SuSE folk, First of all, running a new install of 8.2 Mozilla 1.4b Am having a problem with Mozilla. The fonts in the title bars, menus, etc. are miniscule for my old eyes. Have to get them bigger or there is no way I can use it. Have looked at every possible configuration file and I cannot find anything. All of the rest of my apps seem to work OK. Second, and worst of all, and for one user only, in the body or page viewing area, where pages are displayed, the fonts are huge, and I mean huge! One inch or more high. Any images on the same page are all normal sized. Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place? Not sure this upgrade was worth all of this trouble. Hope some kind SuSE person can help me out. Bob S.
* Bob S (usr@sanctum.com) [030626 23:33]:
Hi SuSE folk,
First of all, running a new install of 8.2 Mozilla 1.4b Am having a problem with Mozilla. The fonts in the title bars, menus, etc. are miniscule for my old eyes. Have to get them bigger or there is no way I can use it. Have looked at every possible configuration file and I cannot find anything. All of the rest of my apps seem to work OK.
Second, and worst of all, and for one user only, in the body or page viewing area, where pages are displayed, the fonts are huge, and I mean huge! One inch or more high. Any images on the same page are all normal sized.
Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place?
Not sure this upgrade was worth all of this trouble. Hope some kind SuSE person can help me out.
Bob, You should most like enable freetype in this config file ..unix.js. It can be found here "/opt/mozilla/lib/defaults/pref/unix.js". You need to make sure it looks like this. ----- // TrueType pref("font.FreeType2.enable", false); pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6"); // if libfreetype was built without hinting compiled in // it is best to leave hinting off pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", false); pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", true); // below a certian pixel size anti-aliased fonts produce poor results pref("font.antialias.min", 10); pref("font.embedded_bitmaps.max", 1000000); pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min", 64); pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain", "0.8"); // sample prefs for TrueType font dirs pref("font.directory.truetype.1", "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/"); //pref("font.directory.truetype.2", "/u/sam/tt_font2"); //pref("font.directory.truetype.3", "/u/sam/tt_font3"); pref("font.FreeType2.printing", true); ----- The line you want to pay attention to is the fonts directory. So if you tell it where your ttf's are then it will look much better. Also, I've been using the 1.4rc3 pkgs from the ftp site which are in /pub/projects/mozilla/experimental/. I'm using the GTK2 builds because the fonts are WAY better and it generally just looks nicer. I will say use this at your own risk because rc3 is a pre-release and all..but I've had good luck with it. Hope this helps a bit. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any attachment is intended for anyone with an email address and does not contain information that is confidential and privileged or that is of any intrinsic value to anyone.
On Friday 27 June 2003 03:03 am, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Bob S (usr@sanctum.com) [030626 23:33]:
Hi SuSE folk,
First of all, running a new install of 8.2 Mozilla 1.4b Am having a problem with Mozilla. The fonts in the title bars, menus, etc. are miniscule for my old eyes. ..<snip some>....
Ben & Hans, Commenting on my own comments here. Further explanation. In Mozilla, Edit - Preferences - Appearance - Fonts - Changed the default font sizes (9 to 14) OK, but that is only for the webpages displayed. It has nothing to do with the size of the font in menus, dropdown boxes, titte bars etc. That is what I cannot read.
Second, and worst of all, and for one user only, in the body or page viewing area, where pages are displayed, the fonts are huge, ..<snip>
Mia Culpa. Did that myself with fooling around with the font sizes. Changed that back, flushed the cache and now that is OK
Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place?
Hans, Running KDE 3.1.2 and of course Mozilla 1.4b. I can't seem to find anyway to import Bookmarks to the new Mozilla.
Ben wrote:
Bob,
You should most like enable freetype in this config file ..unix.js. It can be found here "/opt/mozilla/lib/defaults/pref/unix.js".
You need to make sure it looks like this.
----- // TrueType...........<snip>............
The line you want to pay attention to is the fonts directory. So if you tell it where your ttf's are then it will look much better.
Ben, Did what you said. Yes, now I have the truetype fonts available for Mozilla. Looks better in the "display area" for the file or webpage. Thanks for that. Still doesn't solve my tiny fonts problem in menus, title bars etc.
Also, I've been using the 1.4rc3 pkgs from the ftp site which are in /pub/projects/mozilla/experimental/.........<snip>......
Nooooo, not right now anyway. I will save the experimenting until I get everything working the way it is supposed to. Thanks for the info though.
Hope this helps a bit.
Yes it did, a little :-( Thanks for the interest. Bob
* Bob S (usr@sanctum.com) [030627 22:19]:
Hans, Running KDE 3.1.2 and of course Mozilla 1.4b. I can't seem to find anyway to import Bookmarks to the new Mozilla.
Did what you said. Yes, now I have the truetype fonts available for Mozilla. Looks better in the "display area" for the file or webpage. Thanks for that. Still doesn't solve my tiny fonts problem in menus, title bars etc.
Nooooo, not right now anyway. I will save the experimenting until I get everything working the way it is supposed to. Thanks for the info though.
If you want to mess with GTK app fonts then you'd have to user the gnome control center since it is a GTK application. If your using a version of Mozilla compiled with GTK1 then use /opt/gnome/bin/gnomecc and if you end up using the GTK2 pkgs in the directory I was talking about then you should use /opt/gnome2/bin/gnome-control-center. I'm using a theme package called QtCurve which comes with GTK1, GTK2 and KDE 3.x themes all in one package. With this theme you can make ALL gtk applications 1 & 2 look the same under KDE and match KDE. This theme takes hints from KDE as far as fonts. The instructions are on the same page as the download. They are pretty simple to follow. If you have any weird problems with it then I'll try to help as best I can. The url for the RPM is .. http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=6253 This theme set is written by the same guy who did Geramik which makes GTK apps look like the KDE Keramik theme. I guess SuSE didn't put QtCurve into 8.2 because ..we it resembles Blue Curve which is Redhat's look. I could be wrong..but who knows. ;) I like the theme.. hope you do to. BTW..the rpm's in /pub/projects/mozilla/experimental are newer and have many bug fixed since 1.4b. The reason they are labeled experimental is because they are not "released" versions but since your running 1.4b ..I don't think this matters much. :) I would say 1.4rc3 is quite an improvement over 1.4b. Just so you know. Anyway..tough week and I'm off to map the backs of my eyelids. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any attachment is intended for anyone with an email address and does not contain information that is confidential and privileged or that is of any intrinsic value to anyone.
for mozilla I used GNOME Control Center to change that it works from kde On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 01:30, Bob S wrote:
On Friday 27 June 2003 03:03 am, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Bob S (usr@sanctum.com) [030626 23:33]:
Hi SuSE folk,
First of all, running a new install of 8.2 Mozilla 1.4b Am having a problem with Mozilla. The fonts in the title bars, menus, etc. are miniscule for my old eyes. ..<snip some>....
Ben & Hans,
Commenting on my own comments here. Further explanation. In Mozilla, Edit - Preferences - Appearance - Fonts - Changed the default font sizes (9 to 14) OK, but that is only for the webpages displayed. It has nothing to do with the size of the font in menus, dropdown boxes, titte bars etc. That is what I cannot read.
Second, and worst of all, and for one user only, in the body or page viewing area, where pages are displayed, the fonts are huge, ..<snip>
Mia Culpa. Did that myself with fooling around with the font sizes. Changed that back, flushed the cache and now that is OK
Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place?
Hans, Running KDE 3.1.2 and of course Mozilla 1.4b. I can't seem to find anyway to import Bookmarks to the new Mozilla.
Ben wrote:
Bob,
You should most like enable freetype in this config file ..unix.js. It can be found here "/opt/mozilla/lib/defaults/pref/unix.js".
You need to make sure it looks like this.
----- // TrueType...........<snip>............
The line you want to pay attention to is the fonts directory. So if you tell it where your ttf's are then it will look much better.
Ben, Did what you said. Yes, now I have the truetype fonts available for Mozilla. Looks better in the "display area" for the file or webpage. Thanks for that. Still doesn't solve my tiny fonts problem in menus, title bars etc.
Also, I've been using the 1.4rc3 pkgs from the ftp site which are in /pub/projects/mozilla/experimental/.........<snip>......
Nooooo, not right now anyway. I will save the experimenting until I get everything working the way it is supposed to. Thanks for the info though.
Hope this helps a bit.
Yes it did, a little :-( Thanks for the interest.
Bob
-- Hans hans007@prexar.com registered Linux user 289023 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
On Saturday 28 June 2003 1:30 am, Bob S wrote:
Ben & Hans,
Commenting on my own comments here. Further explanation. In Mozilla, Edit - Preferences - Appearance - Fonts - Changed the default font sizes (9 to 14) OK, but that is only for the webpages displayed. It has nothing to do with the size of the font in menus, dropdown boxes, titte bars etc. That is what I cannot read.
I thought it was Ben who once passed on this gem. Place the following snippet into the: /home/<userid>/.mozilla/Default\ User/<gobbledygook>/chrome/userChrome.css file. /* * For more examples see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html */ /* Make menus big, pretty and readable (like the old SGI look): * menubar isn't used after 12/19 builds, but is needed for NS6; * the rest are for post-12/19 */ menubar, menubutton, menulist, menu, menuitem { font-family: helvetica !important; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: bold !important; font-size: 4mm !important; } I assume the size can be played with but it works fine as is here. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 06/28/03 09:37 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "I refuse to tolerate intolerance"
what desk top are you using import your bookmarks On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 02:40, Bob S wrote:
Hi SuSE folk,
First of all, running a new install of 8.2 Mozilla 1.4b Am having a problem with Mozilla. The fonts in the title bars, menus, etc. are miniscule for my old eyes. Have to get them bigger or there is no way I can use it. Have looked at every possible configuration file and I cannot find anything. All of the rest of my apps seem to work OK.
Second, and worst of all, and for one user only, in the body or page viewing area, where pages are displayed, the fonts are huge, and I mean huge! One inch or more high. Any images on the same page are all normal sized.
Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place?
Not sure this upgrade was worth all of this trouble. Hope some kind SuSE person can help me out.
Bob S.
-- Hans hans007@prexar.com registered Linux user 289023 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
The 03.06.27 at 02:40, Bob S wrote:
Third, I had saved all of my bookmarks from Mozilla from when I was running 8.1. I have copied them to the exact same location /home/bob/.mozilla/bob/ eihc6c5w6.slt/bookmarks.html and Mozilla does not see them. Is this the right place?
Maybe, maybe not :-) There is a part that seems to be ramdom, the "eihc6c5w6.slt". You have to look what the actual name is in your new install. What I sometimes do, is that I copy the old bookmark file as old_bookmark.html anywhere. Then, I browse to it (file:///home/user/somewhere/old_bookmark.html), and make a bookmark of that location. That way I keep old and new bookmarks. And, if I want to integrate them, I just use the bookmark manager (ctrl-B). -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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