DejaVu fonts for Fedora Core 6 feedback call

[Joel Rittvo]

Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On 08 11:59:S, Joel Rittvo wrote:
>> Joel Rittvo wrote:
>>> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>>>> On 07 7:38:S, Rahul wrote:
>>>>> Most users dont change any font defaults
>>>>   Wrong!
>>>>
>>>>> In Fedora, we try to be as close to
>>>>> upstream sources as possible
>>>>    Which is why I switched from (years on) Mdv-cooker to
>>>> FC-test
>>>>
>>>>> and if those fixes were included in GNOME, they would
>>>>> automatically benefit all downstream
>>>>> distributions and users instead of tackling these kind of
>>>>> issues redundantly in every distributions.
>>>>    Again you state Gnome centric mindset. More users use KDE.
>>>> This is not to start a vi/emacs type controversy, just
>>>> reality.
>>>>
>>>>    Nevermind, I'll just keep runnin g-f-p after login to fix
>>>> Gnome apps under KDE.
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> See if this applet, that installs into the KDE Control Center's
>>> "Appearance and Themes" section, helps you any.
>>>
>>> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gtk-qt
>>>
>>> Joel
>> I just noticed that you can get it as an rpm from Extras also.
> 
>    OK, you talked me into it ;) 'yum install gtk-qt-engine'
> 
>   BUT, as soon as I click on "GTK Styles and Fonts", kcontrol 
> segfaults an disappears.
> 

I am not running Rawhide or a test version right now, so there is 
probably some incompatibility just for the moment there.  You might want 
to try it again in a few days or weeks.  At least with the rpm, you can 
remove it easily if it causes problems.

It actually lets you use any KDE style.  It has a "choice" to "use my 
KDE styles with GTK applications" or you can specify another style for 
it to use with GTK applications.  There is also a choice for having it 
use your KDE fonts with GTK apps, or you can chose a different font.  It 
is simply meant to be a way to get some settings automatically sent to 
GTK apps from within a KDE desktop.  They can be similar settings or 
different settings as you choose.  I do think it will solve 90% of your 
issues, but obviously it will need to run correctly first!