KDE 4.2 FIREFOX Font size problem

[Rex Dieter]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:

>> yum install xsettings-kde
>> 
>> In short, gtk-based apps don't initialize/use their gconf-based prefs
>> unless gnome-settins-daemon is running, which only happens in a gnome
>> desktop,
>> grr(!).  So xsettings-kde is a sort of compatibility bridge, offering
>> those same services to gtk apps on a kde environment, so that they
>> respect kde preferences, like fonts.
> 
> Fascinating. I'd never heard of this and I've been using KDE for years.
> Shouldn't it be part of the standard KDE Group (at least on Fedora)
> given the number of Gnome apps people are likely to use, such as, oh I
> don't know ... Firefox?

xsettings-kde is produced by Mandriva (kudos!), but yes, I agree that it's
something that should be strongly considered for upstream kde as well.

-- Rex