On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 11:37:43AM EDT, Petteri wrote: > cga2000 kirjoitti ti 8. elokuuta 2006 00:28:24: > > On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 03:06:13PM EDT, Petteri wrote: > > > Hello list! > > > > > > I'm using Tkabber for my jabber needs, but the fonts are really > > > ugly. Here is picture how the Tkabber looks > > > http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l162/petteri2/tkabber.png . Does > > > anyone have any tips how can I get some nicer looking fonts? Don't know > > > if it is relevant, but other apps with tk in their names (tkv, gitk) > > > have much nicer fonts. I'm running up to date unstable. > > > > > I don't use this program -- or anything jabber for that matter -- but > > I have a soft spot for fonts and "ugly fonts" usually get me going. > > > > I think you need to take a look at /usr/share/doc/tkabber/README.gz > > especially steps 3 (install) and 4 (configure). > > Ahh.. thanks. I should have been looking more carefully about the config > options. There is a section to specify the interface font. I somehow > thought that it would be configurable from the tkabber if somewhere. > > > I *suspect* that what you are seeing is a bare-bones version of tkabber > > and that you need to customize it to get the rather elegant look > > exemplified by the screenshots available at the tkabber web site. > > Yes. I created ~/.tkabber/config.tcl file with options like these: > > set font "-monotype-arial-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" > option add *font \ > "-monotype-arial-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1" \ > userDefault > > I changed the default fonts picking ones I like with xfontsel and now my > Tkabber looks fine. > > > But that's enough speculation for now and I really don't have the time > > to look into this further. > > You saved my day, so thanks for the effort it helped a lot :) > Glad I could help.
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