Thanks. I didn't know about that plug-in but it looks like it probably has the options I need to adjust the appearance. Part of the problem is that it's unclear to an end-user which approach they should be using. The themes don's seem to be supported well and that's confusing, with these other options to configure it. I tried disabling "Close IMs" and that seems to prevent it from creating a new file every time I close the window. So, that might be good enough but I may still want to check out the SQLite option. Is there a way to adjust the layout/format of messages? Right now it's showing <timestamp> <user>/<resource>: <message> I'd like to customize that and I don't really want to see the resource, ever. Thanks, again! On Sun, Jul 10, 2016, at 01:58 PM, Eion Robb wrote: > Hi David, > > Have you had any success with using the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control > plugin? It allows you to specify fonts for a lot of things including > the 'GTK+ Interface Font'. You can find it in Tools->Plugins. > > The logging one does require a programming change, although it does > sound like you close messaging windows a lot if you've only got one > message per conversation - changing the 'Close IMs immediately when > the tab is closed' setting in Tools->Preferences->Conversations might > help with that. Alternatively you can use the SQLite Logging plugin > which has an option to display in the 'View Log' window broken down by > day, rather than by conversation. > > Cheers, > Eion > > On 11 July 2016 at 08:50, David G. <light...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to change two things in Pidgin: >> >> 1. The appearance of the text in the "buddy list" and conversation >> windows. >> 2. Change logging to combine all messages from a day into a single >> file, >> instead of one per message. >> >> #2 probably needs a programming change but please let me know your >> thoughts. Could a plug-in do it? >> >> #1: This doesn't make sense to me: >> >> A. The program has one option to change the font style but it >> defaults >> to "theme" and yet there are no themes that come with the program. >> >> B: I tried creating a buddy theme per the wiki and it changes the >> buddy >> list font but not the messages, even though there is a >> "message_text" >> field. >> >> C: Meanwhile, the FAQ on changing the font has an entirely different >> approach and doesn't even mention themes but as mentioned above, the >> default font is supposed to be based on a theme! >> >> Can we get a default theme that works and demos what it can >> actually do? >> This is very confusing and the documentation is very mixed up. The >> example theme .xml would be nice if it had some parameters in >> it, like >> font size, family/name and colors. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: >> https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support -- David G. light...@fastmail.fm
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