On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:30:45AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > FVWM Bug Tracking notification
> > new message incoming/786
> >     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >     Subject: fvwm 2.4.2: netscape fonts
> >     Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:55:06 -0500
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: fvwm 2.4.2: netscape fonts
> > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:55:06 -0500
> > 
> > Full_Name: Neil Zanella
> > Version: 2.4.2
> > OS: Linux 2.4.2
> > X_Server: XFree86 4.0.3
> > Submission from: (NULL) (129.128.207.226)
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > The following bug has to do with fvwm2 and AFAIK has long been present in
> > fvwm2. When I run netscape and select Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance ->
> > Fonts I increase the fonts to their maximum size but the fonts only
> > increase
> > in size slightly, sometimes not at all.
> > 
> > Why do I think this has to do with fvwm2? Well, I compared with KDE and
> > found that when I run netscape under the latter, the fonts did get
> > significantly bigger when I selected the largest font size. Personally
> > I am not sure why this works this way. Perhaps it has to do with the
> > way the window manager access the X Font server or perhaps there are
> > some special netscape signals that need to be caught???
> 
> I can assure you fvwm doesn't do anything with the systems fonts
> or the font server.
> 
> KDE on the other hand is a desktop environment and does a lot
> more than manage windows.
> 

Yes, KDE set by itself some Xresource. This can be enabled/
disabled in kcontrol "Apply KDE colors and fonts to non KDE
application".
Olivier
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