[mythtv] Ticket #1549 - Font size preferences are ignored in most places

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/20/2006 06:38 AM, Steve Hill wrote:
> I opened ticket #1549 at the weekend, which has been invalidated without 
> any comment as to why it's invalid
>   

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/191456#191456

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> The font size preferences in the Appearance settings are ignored in lots 
> of places (EPG, program finder, watch recordings, mythwelcome, mythvideo, 
> mythgallery, lots of other places). This means that if you have the 
> physical display size set correctly in xorg.conf on a very low DPI display 
> (e.g. a 28" PAL TV) these fonts are rendered unreadably small and there 
> appears to be no way to change them.
> -----
>
> This _is_ a problem for 2 reasons:
>
> 1. At the moment there is no way to change the font size for much of the 
> UI without kludging the display's DPI in the X config.  (This is bad - no 
> application should require the user to lie about their setup, especially 
> in a global configuration file that will adversely affect all other 
> applications)
>   

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/156757#156757

> 2. Myth provides controls to change the font sizes used in the UI - why 
> provide these controls at all if they are just going to be ignored by most 
> of the UI.  Very counter-intuitive - if a control is provided the user 
> will expect it to actually work.
>   

As mentioned in the reply, many themes do not honor the settings--at 
least not in all places.  Unfortunately, if the theme designer makes the 
theme look good on his/her system, he/she normally stops there.

> I'm ok with tickets being invalidated if they are genuinely invalid, but 
> in that case the report needs to have some comment left in it as to why 
> the ticket is believed to be invalid.

Always check the dev list for responses, too.  (You can search on the 
ticket number to find replies.)

>   I can't see a way of adjusting 
> these font sizes - if there isn't a control for adjusting the font sizes 
> then shouldn't there be one and if there is one already maybe it needs to 
> be moved so it's next to all the other font size controls.
>
> (Before anyone gets defensive, I'm not saying the ticket *is* valid, I'm 
> just asking for insight and discussion on why it might not be).
>   

Patches--even patches to the themes--are welcome.  :)

Mike