Size of fonts and importing contact info

[Rajiv Vyas]

Two questions: How do I permanently increase my font size (for both
viewing messages and while composing messages) instead of pressing
crtl+8 each time. And second question: My palm does not sync with
Evolution so I was thinking about saving my palm contacts as comma
deliminated files and then importing it in Evolution. is there a
better solution than this?

thanks,

rajiv
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[Rajiv Vyas]

Two questions: How do I permanently increase my font size (for both
viewing messages and while composing messages) instead of pressing
crtl+8 each time. And second question: My palm does not sync with
Evolution so I was thinking about saving my palm contacts as comma
deliminated files and then importing it in Evolution. is there a
better solution than this?

thanks,

rajiv
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[Ron Johnson]

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 19:38 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:

> hi rajiv,
>
> Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 00:20 -0400 schrieb Rajiv Vyas:
> > Two questions: How do I permanently increase my font size (for both
> > viewing messages and while composing messages) instead of pressing
> > crtl+8 each time.
>
> evolution's email body fonts and their sizes are stored at the gconf
> directory "/apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts".
> gconf is a kind of registry for gnome. you can edit gconf graphically by
> using "gconf-editor" or at the shell by "gconftool-2".

Since I also don't like the tiny fonts, I went to
/apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts, changed variable from "Arial
10" to "Arial 12", clicked on "custom_font" and restarted Evo.

No change to the font size of HTML mail.

The problem, I think, is that most "generic" HTML mail specifies
font size 10, and Arial 10 is just small...

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[Andre Klapper]

hi ron,

Am Donnerstag, den 18.08.2005, 09:28 -0500 schrieb Ron Johnson:
> Since I also don't like the tiny fonts, I went to
> /apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts, changed variable from "Arial
> 10" to "Arial 12", clicked on "custom_font" and restarted Evo.
>
> No change to the font size of HTML mail.

there are two values in that directory, one for monospace fonts and one
for variable width fonts. but i guess you'bve seen that...
you shouldn't have to restart evo, gconf changes take place immediately.

> The problem, I think, is that most "generic" HTML mail specifies
> font size 10, and Arial 10 is just small...

yeah, could be... the happy html "i know what's best for you" word. :-/

cheers,
andre
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[Andre Klapper]

hi ron,

Am Donnerstag, den 18.08.2005, 09:28 -0500 schrieb Ron Johnson:
> Since I also don't like the tiny fonts, I went to
> /apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts, changed variable from "Arial
> 10" to "Arial 12", clicked on "custom_font" and restarted Evo.
>
> No change to the font size of HTML mail.

there are two values in that directory, one for monospace fonts and one
for variable width fonts. but i guess you've seen that...
you shouldn't have to restart evo, gconf changes take place immediately.

> The problem, I think, is that most "generic" HTML mail specifies
> font size 10, and Arial 10 is just small...

yeah, could be... the happy html "i know what's best for you" world. :-/

cheers,
andre
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[Rajiv Vyas]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Ron Johnson wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 19:38 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
>> hi rajiv,
>>
>> Am Sonntag, den 14.08.2005, 00:20 -0400 schrieb Rajiv Vyas:
>>> Two questions: How do I permanently increase my font size (for both
>>> viewing messages and while composing messages) instead of pressing
>>> crtl+8 each time.
>>
>> evolution's email body fonts and their sizes are stored at the gconf
>> directory "/apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts".
>> gconf is a kind of registry for gnome. you can edit gconf graphically by
>> using "gconf-editor" or at the shell by "gconftool-2".
>
> Since I also don't like the tiny fonts, I went to
> /apps/evolution/mail/display/fonts, changed variable from "Arial
> 10" to "Arial 12", clicked on "custom_font" and restarted Evo.
>
> No change to the font size of HTML mail.
>
> The problem, I think, is that most "generic" HTML mail specifies
> font size 10, and Arial 10 is just small...

Thanks. That worked.

Rajiv

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[Charles Bueche]

Hi,

about sync : after numerous sync problems with my Palms, I have stopped
trying to sync, and am now using a one-way method : Palm is the
reference where I enter everything and its content goes one-way to my
other devices (GSM phone, Evolution, etc.) For this, I have created a
bunch of scripts.

- backup your Palm so you have its AddressDB.pdb
- run the attached script : ./palm_T5_to_evolution.pl > to_evo.vcf
- start evolution
- goto contacts
- select all
- delete
- import
- select to_evo.vcf

Charles

On dim, 2005-08-14 at 00:20 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> Two questions: How do I permanently increase my font size (for both
> viewing messages and while composing messages) instead of pressing
> crtl+8 each time. And second question: My palm does not sync with
> Evolution so I was thinking about saving my palm contacts as comma
> deliminated files and then importing it in Evolution. is there a
> better solution than this?



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