220278 - Configure Mozilla GUI fonts with Mozilla-specific gtkrc file

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, enhancement)

Description

[Mary Hoetzel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; AIX 000770094C00; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030915
Build Identifier: 

I would like to be able to customize the Mozilla GUI fonts on a system wide
level.  I mean the fonts for the GUI like the browser menu bar, pulldowns and so
on and not the fonts to display documents in the browser which can be customized
through Preferences->Appearance->Fonts.

This is especially important for non English versions of Mozilla where the
system default fonts might not be the best choice.

I can use a user specific .gtkrc file or a system wide gtkrc file, but these
would affect other applications as well which might not be desirable.

My suggestion is to call the gtk_rc_add_default_file function before gtk_init is
called to add a Mozilla specific gtkrc file which can be specified in an
environment variable. This file will then be parsed by gtk_init in addition to
the default gtkrc files.

I will add an attachment that does this.

      

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

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Comment 2

[Mary Hoetzel]

Attachment: Add Mozilla gtkrc file through MOZILLA_GTKRC environment variable

Added patch to call gtk_rc_add_default_file with environment variable
MOZILLA_GTKRC. The environment variable should be set to the location of the
gtkrc file, for example, 
  export MOZILLA_GTKRC="chrome/gtk/gtkrc 
if the gtkrc file is located in the chrome/gtk subdirectory of a mozilla
installation.

Comment 3

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

Comment on attachment 132150 [details] [diff] [review]
Add Mozilla gtkrc file through MOZILLA_GTKRC environment variable

That's going to affect gtk2 as well.

Comment 4

[Mary Hoetzel]

The gtkrc file still exists in gtk2 and the code change is within the
MOZ_WIDGET_GTK || MOZ_WIDGET_GTK2 ifdef so that should be fine.

The syntax in the gtkrc file changes between gtk1 and gtk2, but this code change
only adds the ability to have a Mozilla specific gtkrc file. It does not specify
the gtkrc file itself. 

Comment 5

[Brian Ryner (not reading)]

Comment on attachment 132150 [details] [diff] [review]
Add Mozilla gtkrc file through MOZILLA_GTKRC environment variable

Yeah, that seems fine to me, unless blizzard means that there's a preferred
mechanism for doing this in gtk2 (I couldn't find one).

Comment 6

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

Mary, is that patch still up-to-date with trunk?