GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 663502
Font size override doesn't work
Last modified: 2011-11-06 14:15:12 UTC
If I try to use Preferences->Mail Preferences->Message Fonts (with "Use the same fonts as other applications" unchecked of course) to override the general desktop font I can only only override the message display font and not the UI font. Meaning, I can change the selector, it just doesn't actually change any UI fonts. If I use gconf-editor to adjust /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name, the evolution UI follows those changes. I don't want to change all of the fonts on my desktop however and just want to adjust the fonts in evolution.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use. By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME. Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.
(In reply to comment #1) > Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. > However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. > GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there > will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use. It seems that I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. Maybe Linux on the desktop is not for me any more. I am using the version of evolution that I am using because that's what's in Ubuntu Natty. Yes, I know Natty is not the most recent release but an upgrade to the next Ubuntu release means having to use Unity, which IMHO, is a big piece of crap. Yes, I could switch distros to something still using Gnome (or even install the Gnome shell on Natty+1) but TBH Gnome 3.0 is not really much (read: any) better than Unity. All of these "next generation" interfaces seem to be geared towards tablet users and require way too many mouse movements when used on a regular computer. In addition, Gnome 3.x was released way too early with way too many usability regressions over Gnome 2.x. One should not lose functionality (i.e. configuribility, useful applets, etc.) when one upgrades and if one does, the upgrade is not ready to be released. > By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new > functionality. After having lost an ass-barn-load of Gnome 2.x functionality. It's a sad, sad time for Linux on the desktop. There is much unhappiness with both Gnome 3.x and Unity. Where do we all turn to? But I digress.
I sympathize with your dilemma. I still use GNOME 2.32 as my base desktop because it remains the best environment for software development (imo). However the fact remains that we simply don't have the resources to support more than one stable and unstable Evolution release at once: currently 3.2 and 3.3. However, Evolution 3.2 -is- buildable on GNOME 2.32 if you're willing to pull in GTK3 and a few other base libraries from more recent releases. I'm making sure of that. Integration with GNOME Shell features like GNOME Online Accounts will remain optional.