* gtk Emacs: how specify menu font?
@ 2003-03-18 14:34 Robert J. Chassell
2003-03-18 22:21 ` Jan D.
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From: Robert J. Chassell @ 2003-03-18 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
Using GNU Emacs built with --with-x-toolkit=gtk
how do I specify the font for the menu?
GNOME 1.4, BrushedMetalClean theme,
Today's Debian testing, Tue, 2003 Mar 18 14:14 UTC
Today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, Tue, 2003 Mar 18 13:24 UTC
GNU Emacs 21.3.50.222 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
In my .emacs file, I specify
(font . "10x20") # high resolution screen
and
'(menu ((t (:background "DodgerBlue4" :foreground "green" :family "times"))))
This works fine with the LUCID toolkit, but has no effect in the gtk
toolkit.
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* Re: gtk Emacs: how specify menu font?
2003-03-18 14:34 gtk Emacs: how specify menu font? Robert J. Chassell
@ 2003-03-18 22:21 ` Jan D.
2003-03-20 21:46 ` Robert J. Chassell
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From: Jan D. @ 2003-03-18 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
> Using GNU Emacs built with --with-x-toolkit=gtk
> how do I specify the font for the menu?
>
> GNOME 1.4, BrushedMetalClean theme,
>
> Today's Debian testing, Tue, 2003 Mar 18 14:14 UTC
> Today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, Tue, 2003 Mar 18 13:24 UTC
> GNU Emacs 21.3.50.222 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
>
> In my .emacs file, I specify
>
> (font . "10x20") # high resolution screen
>
> and
>
> '(menu ((t (:background "DodgerBlue4" :foreground "green" :family "times"))))
>
> This works fine with the LUCID toolkit, but has no effect in the gtk
> toolkit.
It is because this updates the X resource database. Xt based toolkits
like Lucid, picks these up. GTK does not use the X resource database
(a design error IMHO), but has its own syntax, names and files for
customizations as this. Please see the Emacs manual, X Resources ->
GTK resources for ways of doing this.
Jan D.
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* Re: gtk Emacs: how specify menu font?
2003-03-18 22:21 ` Jan D.
@ 2003-03-20 21:46 ` Robert J. Chassell
2003-03-21 14:23 ` Jan D.
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Robert J. Chassell @ 2003-03-20 21:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
How do I specify a background color for both the menubar and the sub
menus?
GNOME 1.4, BrushedMetalClean theme
Today's Debian testing, 2003 Mar 20
Today's GNU Emacs CVS snapshot, Thu, 2003 Mar 20 20:18 UTC
GNU Emacs 21.3.50.235 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
configured with --with-x-toolkit=gtk
You wrote:
It is because this updates the X resource database. ... Please see
the Emacs manual, X Resources -> GTK resources for ways of doing
this.
Thank you! I have done that and am writing this message in an Emacs
configured with --with-x-toolkit=gtk in a window that looks OK,
although it is not what I set out to create.
(Incidentally, this instance of Emacs does not flicker, which you
suggested might be due to my having some older libraries.)
It turns out that in my ~/.gtkrc file I could specify a background for
the menubar, but not for the sub menus.
The "green" font color for the menubar was hard to read in the sub
menus, so I ended up commenting out the bg for the menubar.
Here is the ~/.gtkrc file after some experimenting (by the way, I
linked it to ~/.gtkrc-2.0, although that does not seem to matter):
style "menufont"
{
font_name = "times 20"
fg[NORMAL] = "green4"
fg[SELECTED] = "green3"
fg[ACTIVE] = "green2"
fg[PRELIGHT] = "green1"
}
widget "*menu*" style "menufont"
Note that no background is set; when it is set, it only effects the
menubar, not the sub menus.
Strangely enough, the following produces exactly the same results --
none of the `bg', background, colors have any effect on either the
menubar or the submenus, even though they are not commented out!
style "itemfont"
{
font_name = "times 20"
bg[NORMAL] = "DodgerBlue4"
bg[ACTIVE] = "DodgerBlue3"
bg[PRELIGHT] = "DodgerBlue2"
fg[NORMAL] = "green4"
fg[SELECTED] = "green3"
fg[ACTIVE] = "green2"
fg[PRELIGHT] = "green1"
}
widget "*item*" style "itemfont"
What should I do to create a "DodgerBlue4" background for *both* the
menubar and its submenus? (Then I will use "green", not "green4" for
fg[NORMAL]; that is what the Lucid toolkit permits me to do.)
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* Re: gtk Emacs: how specify menu font?
2003-03-20 21:46 ` Robert J. Chassell
@ 2003-03-21 14:23 ` Jan D.
2003-03-21 15:25 ` Robert J. Chassell
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From: Jan D. @ 2003-03-21 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
> How do I specify a background color for both the menubar and the sub
> menus?
...
> Strangely enough, the following produces exactly the same results --
> none of the `bg', background, colors have any effect on either the
> menubar or the submenus, even though they are not commented out!
>
> style "itemfont"
> {
> font_name = "times 20"
>
> bg[NORMAL] = "DodgerBlue4"
> bg[ACTIVE] = "DodgerBlue3"
> bg[PRELIGHT] = "DodgerBlue2"
>
> fg[NORMAL] = "green4"
> fg[SELECTED] = "green3"
> fg[ACTIVE] = "green2"
> fg[PRELIGHT] = "green1"
> }
>
> widget "*item*" style "itemfont"
>
>
> What should I do to create a "DodgerBlue4" background for *both* the
> menubar and its submenus? (Then I will use "green", not "green4" for
> fg[NORMAL]; that is what the Lucid toolkit permits me to do.)
I can not understand how the naming for menus and dialogs work. I filed a bug
about it once, but it won't be fixed in GTK, see
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101987.
In order to make this particular case work, create an ~/emacs.d/gtkrc file with
your style above in it, and say:
widget_class "*Menu*" style "menufont"
Only Emacs reads ~/emacs.d/gtkrc so in that file one can use a more "fuzzy"
matching in widget and widget_class. You can of course do the same in
~/.gtkrc-2.0, but that would affect all applications.
Jan D.
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* Re: gtk Emacs: how specify menu font?
2003-03-21 14:23 ` Jan D.
@ 2003-03-21 15:25 ` Robert J. Chassell
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Robert J. Chassell @ 2003-03-21 15:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: emacs-devel
> How do I specify a background color for both the menubar and the sub
> menus?
... In order to make this particular case work, create an
~/emacs.d/gtkrc file with your style above in it, and say:
widget_class "*Menu*" style "menufont"
Hurrah! It works! [Minor typo: the file is ~/.emacs.d/gtkrc
^
note dot]
Only Emacs reads ~/emacs.d/gtkrc so in that file one can use a more "fuzzy"
matching in widget and widget_class. ...
Thank you very much!
--
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