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Changes between Version 103 and Version 104 of Using Pidgin


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Timestamp:
Apr 15, 2008, 12:00:59 AM (16 years ago)
Author:
resiak
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mention ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0

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  • Using Pidgin

    v103 v104  
    147147The font preference in Pidgin applies only for the formatting of outgoing messages on those protocols which support said formatting.  The display fonts used by the rest of Pidgin are those specified by GTK+, the toolkit we use to create the user interface.  If you're using Gnome, you can change these in System ⇒ Preferences ⇒ Appearance ⇒ Fonts; the font used for conversations is the ''document'' font, while the rest of Pidgin uses the ''application'' font.
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    149 If you're not running Gnome and want to change the fonts used, you need to edit your `~/.gtkrc-2.0` file.  On Windows, see [wiki:"Using Pidgin#WhatisagtkrcfileandwherecanIfindit" this FAQ entry] for the location of the gtkrc file.  If that file does not exist, simply create it.
     149If you're not running Gnome and want to change the fonts used, you need to edit your `~/.gtkrc-2.0` (or `~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0`) file.  On Windows, see [wiki:"Using Pidgin#WhatisagtkrcfileandwherecanIfindit" this FAQ entry] for the location of the gtkrc file.  If that file does not exist, simply create it.
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    151151As an example, you can put this into `.gtkrc-2.0` to change the font size for all GTK+ applications:
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