On Wed, 3 May 2017 00:49:30 -0400 "William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt...@o-sinc.com> said:
> On Wed, 3 May 2017 12:48:00 +0900 > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > > I get stuff can be styled overridden etc. With the default theme. > > > Some font is in use. Unless you go to use a Custom Font Class in > > > Settings. > > > > you don't know. this is by design. the font could be sourced from the > > system. it could be data privately tucked into the edje file only > > available to that edje file content... > > This is what I am talking about and should be possible. > https://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-59095db53e8c29.70825110.jpg > > In kwrite, if I go to change the font. It starts with the > current/system/default font selected. Then from there I can change the > font. Other font dialogs are the same, including system. E seems to > work differently, as under custom font classes. Nothing is selected, > even when enabling that via checkbox. The current font should be > selected like above. > > In the default theme, the fonts.edc file has > #define FNBD "Sans:style=Bold" > #define FNIT "Sans:style=Oblique" > #define FNBDIT "Sans:style=Bold Italic" > > For the default theme, its seeming to prefer some Sans based font. > Though I think per kwrite, I am using monospace or something. Given elm > code has that hard coded and seems to reset back to proper looks in my > case. > > I guess maybe it is getting that from fontconfig, x, or something. > In any Linux Desktop env, I have never configured the font outside that. > No command line, text files etc to set a default/system font. > > Way back in the day I would set directories for available fonts to x, > but that was long ago. That still never controlled what font showed up > in UI. > > > thus my recommendation was to just have an option in the list that is > > "default" or maybe a checkbox somewhere etc... > > This is related to a checkbox > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/e-59096069ede7c5.06609829.jpg > > If I hard code in some font family. If the user has a different one set > for their system. My default will not be their default. Which is my > concern over the hard coded value in elm code. add one more entry: "Default system font" and let the toolkit choose for you when that is chosen (have no overlay/override). -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
