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["Richard HARDWICK" <rch@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear M. Karssenberg

Better and better -
Li-aung Yip ('Lewis') already explained about
   Edit > Preferences >  Interface > Use custom font
which worked out of the box.

I was wondering what to do with the side pane
when your email came in

Kind regards from Brussel  België
Richard H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jaap Karssenberg" <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "rch" <rch@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Zim" <zim-wiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Zim-wiki] Old person needs bigger size of font


> Hello Richard,
>
> I believe the 0.28 version already has a button in the preferences dialog to
> set a custom font for the editor. But this is limited to the main area of
> the window.
>
> In case you want to change the font of all other text (e.g. side pane,
> window border, dialgos etc. etc.) you might want to check the gtk theme.
> This can be modified by the "gtkrc" config file. This is not specific for
> zim but works the same for all Gtk applications. I found this link with an
> example to set a font:
> http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Pidgin#HowdoIchangethefontPidginusesThebackgroundcolor(same
> FAQ also has an entry on where to find this gtkrc file).
>
> You definitely do not want to modify Gtk2/Pango.pm directly, this is a
> library file, not a config file.
>
> Hoop dat dit je verder helpt,
>
> Jaap
>
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:51 AM, rch <rch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm (still) using Zim 0.28 (Perl version) in WinXP
> >
> > The small size of font is increasingly tiring on my eyes (b. 1940)
> >
> > I've tried fiddling with the values of
> >    use constant PANGO_WEIGHT_HEAVY
> >    use constant PANGO_SCALE
> >    etc
> > in C:/Perl/site/lib/Gtk2/Pango.pm
> > - no joy
> >
> > AS you can tell, I dont really know what I am doing
> > Your help much appreciated
> >
> > Richard H
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