On Friday 23 January 2015 23:43:38 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2015 21:06:06 Marc Chénier wrote: > > Le 23 janvier 2015, Lisi Reisz a écrit : > > > On Friday 23 January 2015 19:35:16 Gerhard Zintel wrote: > > > > On Friday 23 January 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > KMail on TDE 3.5.13.2 on Wheezy, all fully updated. > > > > > > > > > > Because my husband had an eye operation today I wanted to enlarge > > > > > everything in KMail for him. I cannot enlarge the text in the > > > > > message body. After about ten tries the font changed from serif to > > > > > sans-serif, but that is all. When I change the message body > > > > > setting, the headers change, be they long or short - but he doesn't > > > > > want to read those. The text of the email remains stubbornly tiny. > > > > > > > > > > The date in the message list also fails to change font. The rest > > > > > changes! > > > > > > > > Hi Lisi, > > > > > > > > no answer to your question but - when I open a mail in its window I > > > > can use CTRL and the mousewheel to enlarge the font to really big > > > > size. > > > > > > > > And I just tested - it works in the main Kmail window as well. > > > > > > > > Hope that helps > > > > > > Thanks, Gerhard! It works!! > > > > > > Lisi > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Hi Lisi, > > > > Here's what I did to set a different font and a larger character size in > > KMail. In the main Kmail window : > > > > *Click on the Configuration menu > > *Click on Configure Kmail > > *Choose Appearance (in the column on the left) > > *Choose the FONT tab > > *Choose Apply to : Text message (or Body of message) I'm translating as I > > go since I have a French Kmail *Choose your font name and size, that's it > > > > It works fine for me and it's "permanent". > > Thanks, Marc. That's what I did that isn't working. > > If this were package foo I would do: > # aptitude purge foo && aptitude install foo > > but I'm worried about the mail and addresses etc. And if the problem is in > the configuration files, backing them up and reinstalling them would just > put me back where I am. Still, I think I'd better try it. Perhaps after: > > #aptitude reinstall kmail-trinity > > and hope! Or even - # aptitude remove kmail-trinity && aptitude install kmail-trinity and see where I get to! Lisi