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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

175.0. "Changing Fonts in DECwindows" by MSDOA::MALLEY (MIKE ALLEY @KXO) Fri Feb 10 1989 11:38

    Help.  I am feel like I am getting deeper and deeper into the forest.
    
    I have had several customers ask how to change font sizes within
    DECwindow windows.  I am sure there is a simple answer, but the
    more stuff I see about this the more I get confused.
    
    Here is what I think I understand.  Please tell me if I am all wet
    and what the right answers are....
    
    - For DECterm windows, the users can use the pull down menu to change
    the font size either 12 or 18 point.  Are there any other fonts
    available or any other ways of doing this?
    
    - If the customer has applications that they write, they can use
    the Xlib functions for querying the current font being used and
    for loading fonts.  (As described in note 56.x)
    
    - What about for DEC products that run under DECwindows??  Is that
    dependent on the various Product Groups??
    
    - What about customizing VUE??  Is that required?  Is that done
    with the DECW$SM_GENERAL.DAT file??
    
    - Is there something different I need to do on a VMS DECwindows
    system as opposed to an ULTRIX DECwindows system??  
    
    I know this is a lot of stuff, but as you can tell I am somewhat
    confused.  
    
    This is a major issue with more that one customer.  If there is
    some document that has this info in it, let me know and I will read
    it.  I just haven't found anything.
    
    Thanks for any help you can give!!!!
    
    Mike Alley

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175.1	try Courier	REORG::ROGOFF	Zen Software Documentation	`Fri Feb 10 1989 13:37`	51
	Add this to your DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT.DAT file: DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.bigFontSetName: --Courier------180------* DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.littleFontSetName: --Courier------140------* Courier seems to be the only alternative font that works. Here's some info from the DECterm notes conference: <<< HANNAH::DECW$DISK:[PUBLIC]DECTERM.NOTE;1 >>> -< DECwindows Terminal Emulation >- ================================================================================ Note 178.1 Is there a 'supported'method for changing fonts? 1 of 1 VIDEO::MESSENGER 11 lines 25-AUG-1988 11:23 -< No supported way, but here's a hint >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no "supported" way of choosing a font other than the "big" and "little" fonts (in normal and condensed widths), because we're not going to support users editing their xdefaults.dat or saved custoimization files. The unsupported way to change the fonts is to change the bigFontSetName and littleFontSetName resources; these should be set to patterns for the font names (not file names) of the fonts you want to use. DECterm expects the fonts you provide to be part of a 12 font set (for normal, double wide etc). If it can't find a font in a set it falls back to using the unattributed font you named. -- Bob <<< HANNAH::DECW$DISK:[PUBLIC]DECTERM.NOTE;1 >>> -< DECwindows Terminal Emulation >- ================================================================================ Note 178.3 Is there a 'supported'method for changing fonts? 3 of 3 HANNAH::MESSENGER "Bob Messenger" 14 lines 26-JAN-1989 22:35 -< Here's what you do >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: .2 The biggest problem is getting the fonts. To get the default big (18 point) and little (14 point) fonts you'd put this in one of your resource files: DECW$TERMINALbigFontSetName: --Terminal------180------ DECW$TERMINALlittleFontSetName: --Terminal------140------ There's no in point doing this, though, because those are the defaults. The fontSetSelection resource determine which of these fonts is active: 0 for the big font and 1 for the little font. Normally you'd just select the font you want in Customize/Window and then Save Current Settings. -- Bob
175.2		STAR::KLEINSORGE	Toys 'R' Us	`Fri Feb 10 1989 20:42`	4
	The DECterm fonts are organized in a very specific manner and so only the monospaced fonts provided by DECterm will work (or work right).
175.3	What about other applications, like Mail, Notes etc...	RBW::WICKERT	MAA DIS Consultant	`Thu Feb 16 1989 13:50`	7
	Ok, that explains DECterm but what about other applications such as Mail and Notes. I find it very tiring to read my mail using the default fonts used by Mail under DECwindows... -Ray
175.4	Bookreader font in Mail Read window...	XUI::VANNOY	Jake VanNoy	`Thu Feb 16 1989 14:28`	3
	MailReadreadWindowmessageText.font: -ADOBE-New Century Schoolbook-Medium-R-N ormal---140---P--ISO8859-1
175.5	I use this: remember you need to adjust width to account for a larger font	STAR::BECK	Paul Beck	`Thu Feb 16 1989 18:20`	21
	! Mail read window MailRead.x: 200 MailRead.y: 100 MailRead.width: 755 MailRead.height: 600 MailReadreadWindowwordWrap: on MailReadreadWindowenvelopeText.rows: 5 MailReadreadWindowmessageText.rows: 21 MailReadreadWindowmessageText.font: -Adobe-COURIER-MEDIUM-R-NORMAL---140---M--ISO8859-1 ! ! Mail send window MailSend.x: 5 MailSend.y: 200 MailSend.width: 754 MailSend.height: 475 MailSendsendWindowmessageText.rows: 22 MailSendsendWindowmessageText.wordWrap: on MailSendsendWindowmessageText.resizeWidth: off MailSendsendWindowworkAreafont: -Adobe-COURIER-MEDIUM-R-NORMAL---140---M--ISO8859-1 MailSendsendWindowmessageText.font: -Adobe-COURIER-MEDIUM-R-NORMAL---140---M-*-ISO8859-1
175.6		GOSOX::RYAN	DECwindows Mail	`Fri Feb 17 1989 08:37`	5
	One place to look is each application's system-wide resource file - for example, for Mail check out DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS:DECW$MAIL.DAT. Mike