topic title: font size on desktop in Rox-Icewm (Solved)
Posts: 13
tim
Joined: 10 Apr 2013
#1
Is there any way to increase the font size on the desktop using Rox-Icewm?
Last edited by tim on 12 Apr 2013, 18:00, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 1,308
BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#2
On a live system you can use the dpi=xx boot parameter. On our latest Live system the F7 menu lets you set the dpi. This setting carries over when you install.

On an installed system go to the Control Centre --> System --> Edit Config Files
Then edit slim.conf and on the xserver_arguments line (ends with"tcp") add:

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-dpi 110
The default value is 95 and the larger the value the larger the fonts will be. You need to log out of the X session and log back in for the changed dpi to take effect.

A value of 110 might be too big. If so, repeat the procedure with a value between 95 and 110.
Posts: 137
duncan_mk
Joined: 19 Sep 2012
#3
If you want to change the typesize for conky, there should by a .conkyrc file in your home directory. Change the typesize where indicated below:

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 11 # X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
 12 #font 7x12
 13 #font 6x10
 14 #font 7x13
 15  font 8x12
 16 #font 7x12
 17 #font *mintsmild.se*
 18 #font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
 19 #font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 20 
 21 # Use Xft?
 22 use_xft yes
 23 
 24 # Xft font when Xft is enabled
 25 xftfont gentium:size=13           <===========HERE
and (if you want) the default colour here:

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 70 # Default colors and also border colors
 71 default_color black                   <===========HERE
 72 # default_color DarkSlateGrey
 73 default_shade_color white
 74 default_outline_color white
I have noticed that, in the 64bit version of antiX, .conkyrc has been tucked away in its own directory which, as I remember it, is not entirely obvious. Also, it is not one of the default documents in the Control Center (see BJ's post -above). Just go to home & run

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find ./ -name .conkyrc
you should be OK (and it's very easy to add it to the left hand panel of th CC if you want to)

dmk
Posts: 1,308
BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#4
duncan_mk wrote:I have noticed that, in the 64bit version of antiX, .conkyrc has been tucked away in its own directory which, as I remember it, is not entirely obvious. Also, it is not one of the default documents in the Control Center (see BJ's post -above).
In antiX-13 you can edit the conky config file via Control Centre --> Destop --> Edit System Monitor which is on the top page/tab of the Control Centre. I don't know if it is the same in antiX-12.
Posts: 137
duncan_mk
Joined: 19 Sep 2012
#5
@BJ: Um, Er - Yes!

I had assumed (makes an ass out of u & me - Ho, Ho!) that I was running antiX 13 - but looking at the original kernel (3.6.6), maybe not! And, in fact, my advice would have been no good anyway. Whereas in the the 32bit version the file .conkyrc is in ~/ in my 64bit there is a directory (~/.conky) which contains the file conkyrc-icewm and this is what I had to add to the CC.

Here's what my Grub menu looks like:

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title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp (init-3)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 3
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.8.6-antix.1-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp (init-3)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 3
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.8.4-antix.2-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp (init-3)
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp root=UUID=102801ef-8fa7-4608-b916-3c6d0c8e9e1a ro 3
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-3.6.6-antix.1-amd64-smp

title        Debian GNU/Linux, kernel memtest86+
root        (hd0,0)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
Is this 13 or not?

Finally, apropos of nothing at all, I'm beginning to warm to Geany. I never use it because I don't like it (the logic here being"I don't use Geany because I don't like it" -"But have you ever tried it?" -"Of course not, I don't like it!"). Well, grudgingly, I've used it in the antiX CC and, even more grudgingly, I have to confess a certain amount of (grudging) respect for it.

dmk
Posts: 765
rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#6
umm, there was no 64 bit antix 12, was there?
Posts: 13
tim
Joined: 10 Apr 2013
#7
I actually found the proper setting and changed the font. (the font under the desktop icons) However, I have no idea which program I clicked on now, I can't find it again. (lol) Anyway, my fonts are now much larger, great news for these aging eyes. Thanks for the help. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 137
duncan_mk
Joined: 19 Sep 2012
#8
@RC: Oh, I didn't know that!

@tim: That's a bastard - I do it all the time
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tim
Joined: 10 Apr 2013
#9
I FOUND IT!! (lol)

Actually, I just stumbled on to it. It was by right clicking on a desktop icon, and then selecting"Rox-Filer,""Pinboard," then"Use Custom Font." Wheeeew, that was a head scratcher, but I wasn't going to give up until I found it again.