Openbox fonts looking crappy

getBoa · 09-11-2007, 04:39 PM

Hi guys,
ive just installed the openbox and im trying to make it looks better, but one im getting problem with these fonts, it looks crappy, like ive set'em as Bold, but i aint !!!
theres a screenshot of my openbox -> h t t p : / /img64.imageshack.us/img64/6443/deskss2vn3.jpg
is there any idea to fix it ?

Okie · 09-11-2007, 05:02 PM

either in /usr/etc/xdg/openbox or /etc/xdg/openbox there are two files they are in simple a xml format and easy to edit manually...

menu.xml and rc.xml

getBoa · 09-11-2007, 09:53 PM

either in /usr/etc/xdg/openbox or /etc/xdg/openbox there are two files they are in simple a xml format and easy to edit manually...

I've copied these files into my ~/.config/openbox/ and configured'em but not successful...
it's so weird coz in some application like konqueror seems to be fine, i mean the font looks great have a look h t t p ://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deskss3yp9.jpg

=/

Okie · 09-12-2007, 05:36 AM

did you build Openbox from source code from this URL?
http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Main_Page

i never bothered to copy the rc.xml & menu.xml to my home directory and just edited the ones in /usr/etc/xdg/openbox they are not hard to figure out once you understand the format's structure...

in rc.xml you can adjust the font and size in the title bar and menu...

getBoa · 09-12-2007, 08:20 AM

hey Okie,
first of all, thanks for the replies.
i didnt build it from source code, i installed it using the package manager "pacman" from Archlinux.
Could you please send me a sample of yours if that font changes?
ill reinstall it and leave the config files in that path /usr/etc/xdg/openbox as you said.
thanks in advance.

Okie · 09-12-2007, 10:30 AM

Code:

<openbox_menu>

<menu id="apps-menu" label="Apps">
  <item label="BitTorrent">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>transmission-gtk</execute></action>
  </item> 
  <item label="Email">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>thunderbird</execute></action>
  </item>    
  <item label="Firefox">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>firefox</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Mozzy">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>seamonkey</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>
  
<menu id="graphics-menu" label="Graphics">
  <item label="Colorz!">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gcolor2</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Gimp">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gimp</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="GQview">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gqview</execute></action>
  </item>
    <item label="Paint">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>mtpaint</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>

<menu id="groovy-menu" label="Groovy">
    <item label="Audacious">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>audacious</execute></action>
  </item>    
    <item label="MPlayer">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gmplayer</execute></action>
  </item>
</menu>

<menu id="Util-menu" label="Utilitys">
 <item label="Calculator">
  <action name="Execute"><execute>xcalc</execute></action>
 </item>
 <item label="Calender">
 <action name="Execute"><execute>sunbird</execute></action>
 </item>
 <item label="NEdit">
  <action name="Execute"><execute>nedit</execute></action>
 </item>
 <item label="Office">
   <action name="Execute"><execute>soffice -writer</execute></action>
 </item>
</menu>
 
<menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox">
  <menu id="apps-menu" />
  <menu id="graphics-menu" />
  <menu id="groovy-menu" />
  <menu id="Util-menu" />
  <separator />
  <menu id="client-list-menu" />
  <separator />
  <item label="Reconfigure">
    <action name="Reconfigure" />
     </item>
  <separator />
  <item label="Xterm">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>xterm</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="System">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>gkrellm</execute></action>
  </item>    
  <separator />
  <item label="Exit">
    <action name="Exit" />
  </item>
</menu>

</openbox_menu>

Okie · 09-12-2007, 10:33 AM

since this file is rather large and you are just having issues with fonts i will only post the fonts section of rc.xml as you can see i did not change it much, i did increase the menu font from 9 to 12 and changed it from bold to normal...

Code:

  <keepBorder>yes</keepBorder>
  <animateIconify>yes</animateIconify>
  <font place="ActiveWindow">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>9</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
  </font>
  <font place="InactiveWindow">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>9</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
  </font>
  <font place="MenuHeader">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>12</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
  </font>
  <font place="MenuItem">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>12</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
  </font>
  <font place="OnScreenDisplay">
    <name>sans</name>
    <size>12</size>
    <!-- font size in points -->
    <weight>normal</weight>
    <!-- 'bold' or 'normal' -->
    <slant>normal</slant>
    <!-- 'italic' or 'normal' -->
  </font>
</theme>

getBoa · 09-13-2007, 09:35 PM

Hi Okie, thanks for everthing, i had to install the switch2 and the gtk-chtheme to get a nice configuration, finally the apps got the font configuration made by me, excepct the Firefox, dunno why!
What kind of panel do you have on your openbox ? pypanel? perlpanel ? fbpanel ?