gtk apps

[t0t3r]

im running suse 9.0 system ... i was on slackware before and realized the ugly look of gtk apps like xchat or gimp .... the fonts are too small and ugly anyway!

Where can i change the look of such apps .... fonts size etc?

any suggestions?

[JohnT]

The appearance of your fonts has nothing to do with the distro and more to do with your hardware and X rendering of those fonts. Not a lot can be done about your hardware, with the exception of updated drivers in some instances, but you could start by changing some of your font types. Install some TTF. Typically moving some from a windows installation is one way. Another is visiting one of the many sites on the internet that offer free TTF.

[t0t3r]

my question is .... what fonts does gimp or xchat use! where can i configure that? ....

[danimal1009]

It uses the fonts specified by the gtk theme thing... The files your are looking for are ~/.gtkrc and ~/.gtkrc-2.0
Apps that use gtk 1.2 (usually just refered to just gtk) can't display the nice antialiased fonts that gtk2 uses.

XChat and the new version of gimp use gtk2, so those can have the nice fonts...

[JohnT]

Originally posted by t0t3r
my question is .... what fonts does gimp or xchat use! where can i configure that? .... Gimp picks up the fonts from the system-wide settings in your XF86Config file. The easiest way to display all fonts in the Gimp is to have your system fonts set-up before installation of Gimp, but normally it will pick them up.

[mdwatts]

Also try the KDE Control Center under Appearance & Themes/Fonts.

[t0t3r]

lol ... im not running KDE ....

me@Enlightenment

[Hayl]

you have to either write a ~/.gtkrc file by hand, OR launch the gnome-control-panel and use the font applet in there along with the teme applet to set your theme OR use gtk-theme-switch.

NOTE: for Gtk2 apps, you MUST run the gnome-settings-daemon in the background in order for apps to theme (including font settings).

[JohnT]

Originally posted by t0t3r
lol ... im not running KDE ....

me@Enlightenment lol...you didn't tell us.:D

[Darkbolt]

Originally posted by Hayl
you have to either write a ~/.gtkrc file by hand, OR launch the gnome-control-panel and use the font applet in there along with the teme applet to set your theme OR use gtk-theme-switch.

NOTE: for Gtk2 apps, you MUST run the gnome-settings-daemon in the background in order for apps to theme (including font settings). or they can hop over to freshmeat.net and search for gtk-theme-switch, and use that to generate a ~/.gtkrc

[Hayl]

Originally posted by Darkbolt
or they can hop over to freshmeat.net and search for gtk-theme-switch, and use that to generate a ~/.gtkrc

didn't I already say that?

Originally posted by Hayl
OR use gtk-theme-switch.

[t0t3r]

thx guys ... the gtk switcher for 1and2 work fine .... that was exactly what i was lookin for.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by JohnT
lol...you didn't tell us.:D

And KDE is the default for SuSE 9.0. :)

[Hayl]

Originally posted by mdwatts
And KDE is the default for SuSE 9.0. :)

fortunately for SuSE users, that is changing in the newer SuSE :P

(sorry had to get the anti-kde dig in against Mike)

[JohnT]

Originally posted by mdwatts
And KDE is the default for SuSE 9.0. :) And Suse is not the default on my HD.:eek: , but I use KDE, amongst others.