Fonts

[David G.]

Ugh. I can't figure out how to cross-compile from Linux to Windows. :/
I got all the MinGW and libpurple stuff installed but it's missing
win32dep.h, even with the Pidgin/Pidgin-dev packages.
 
 
On Mon, Jul 11, 2016, at 01:08 AM, David G. wrote:
> Ah, yes. That is it. I don't see a binary of this SQLite plugin. I
> don't have a build environment set up but maybe I can figure that out.
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016, at 05:22 PM, Eion Robb wrote:
>> If its your own resource that you don't want to see, then editing the
>> "Local Alias" setting of the account is probably what you're after
>>
>> On 11 July 2016 at 10:53, David G. <lightman at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> __
>>> Thanks.  I didn't know about that plug-in but it looks like it
>>> probably has the options I need to adjust the appearance.  Part of
>>> the problem is that it's unclear to an end-user which approach they
>>> should be using.  The themes don's seem to be supported well and
>>> that's confusing, with these other options to configure it.
>>>
>>> I tried disabling "Close IMs" and that seems to prevent it from
>>> creating a new file every time I close the window.  So, that might
>>> be good enough but I may still want to check out the SQLite option.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to adjust the layout/format of messages?  Right now
>>> it's showing <timestamp> <user>/<resource>: <message>
>>>
>>> I'd like to customize that and I don't really want to see the
>>> resource, ever.
>>>
>>> Thanks, again!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016, at 01:58 PM, Eion Robb wrote:
>>>> Hi David,
>>>>
>>>> Have you had any success with using the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control
>>>> plugin?  It allows you to specify fonts for a lot of things
>>>> including the 'GTK+ Interface Font'.  You can find it in Tools-
>>>> >Plugins.
>>>>
>>>> The logging one does require a programming change, although it does
>>>> sound like you close messaging windows a lot if you've only got one
>>>> message per conversation - changing the 'Close IMs immediately when
>>>> the tab is closed' setting in Tools->Preferences->Conversations
>>>> might help with that.  Alternatively you can use the SQLite Logging
>>>> plugin which has an option to display in the 'View Log' window
>>>> broken down by day, rather than by conversation.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Eion
>>>>
>>>> On 11 July 2016 at 08:50, David G. <lightman at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to change two things in Pidgin:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. The appearance of the text in the "buddy list" and conversation
>>>>> windows.
>>>>> 2. Change logging to combine all messages from a day into a single
>>>>>    file,
>>>>> instead of one per message.
>>>>>
>>>>> #2 probably needs a programming change but please let me know your
>>>>> thoughts.  Could a plug-in do it?
>>>>>
>>>>> #1: This doesn't make sense to me:
>>>>>
>>>>> A. The program has one option to change the font style but it
>>>>>    defaults
>>>>> to "theme" and yet there are  no themes that come with the
>>>>> program.
>>>>>
>>>>> B: I tried creating a buddy theme per the wiki and it changes the
>>>>>    buddy
>>>>> list font but not the messages, even though there is a
>>>>> "message_text"
>>>>> field.
>>>>>
>>>>> C: Meanwhile, the FAQ on changing the font has an entirely
>>>>>    different
>>>>> approach and doesn't even mention themes but as mentioned
>>>>> above, the
>>>>> default font is supposed to be based on a theme!
>>>>>
>>>>> Can we get a default theme that works and demos what it can
>>>>> actually do?
>>>>> This is very confusing and the documentation is very mixed
>>>>> up.  The
>>>>> example theme .xml would be nice if it had some parameters in it,
>>>>> like
>>>>> font size, family/name and colors.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
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