CVS:oo-debian-files/doc README.Debian,1.32,1.33
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc
In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv9921
Modified Files:
README.Debian
Log Message:
Add suggestions from Nikita V. Youshchenko, and reorganise the font text
to make it easier to follow.
Index: README.Debian
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RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc/README.Debian,v
retrieving revision 1.32
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -d -r1.32 -r1.33
--- README.Debian 17 Nov 2003 17:21:47 -0000 1.32
+++ README.Debian 20 Nov 2003 12:53:08 -0000 1.33
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
Font problems
Missing fonts on upgrade to 1.1.0
Why are the menu fonts smaller than in older versions?
- Changing the default user interface font typeface
+ Changing the default user interface font typeface for non-KDE/Gnome desktops
No menus visible
Disabling the splash screen
Upgrading from previous versions
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
Printer setup
=============
-There is a tool supplied with OpenOffice.org for setting up printers and adding
-fonts. You can execute this with the command
+There is a tool supplied with OpenOffice.org for setting up printers. You can
+execute this with the command
oopadmin
@@ -264,20 +264,48 @@
If you set this value correctly, X will calculate and use the correct DPI
setting, even if you use several different display resolutions.
-If you use KDE or Gnome, OOo will retrieve the font face and size from your
-desktop environment.
+From Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush at cs.msu.su>:
-If you use another window manager, you can either let OOo pick a default font
-itself, or edit /etc/openoffice/openoffice.org and set OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP to
-KDE or Gnome, to use KDE or Gnome settings respectively.
+- Many [xgk]dm configurations (and also /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc for *dm-less
+ cases) in default Debian configurations pass "-dpi 100" option to the X
+ server, overriding any autodetected DPI. That has to be removed for
+ DisplaySize to work
+
+- Gnome's gconf overrides the autodetected DPI, by setting Xft.dpi to a value
+ entered in configuration dialog, 96 by default. I don't know what is
+ the clean fix for this. Perhaps it should be fixed and gnome side.
+
+From Juergen Kreileder <jk at blackdown.de>:>
+
+- Note that with most recent graphics cards and monitors XFree86 is able> to
+ get the monitor size (and thus the correct dpi value) through ddc.
+ (**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device DFP-0:
+ (**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1600x1200": 189.0 MHz, 87.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz
+ (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1600 x 1200
+ (--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (410, 310) mm
+ (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (99, 98)
+ (That's with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers but other XFree86 drivers have
+ that support too.)
+
+If you use KDE or Gnome, OOo will use the same font face and size as your
+desktop environment. If you use another window manager, you can either let OOo
+pick a default font itself, or change the font to be used (see next section),
+or edit /etc/openoffice/openoffice.org and set OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP to KDE or
+Gnome, to use KDE or Gnome settings respectively.
+Changing the default user interface font typeface for non-KDE/Gnome desktops
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you do not want to use KDE or Gnome settings and want to change font sizes
-within OOo, you can change the font scaling using the user interface:
+within OOo, you can configure the user interface font as follows:
+
+- Font size -
+
+You can change the font scaling using the user interface:
Tools Menu -> Options -> View -> Scale
-Changing the default user interface font typeface
--------------------------------------------------
+- Font typeface -
+
You can change the default font typeface by replacing it with a different font
installed on your system. This can be done using the font replacement function.
Choose Tools - Options - OpenOffice.org - Font Replacement to access this
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