On Friday 23 January 2015 3:32:01 pm you wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2015 23:47:20 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > 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! > > Well, this is where I got to :-( > > <quote> > root@Nyx:/media/Buffalo# aptitude reinstall kmail-trinity > The following packages will be REINSTALLED: > kmail-trinity > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 > not upgraded. > Need to get 2,509 kB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. > Get: 1 http://mirror.ntmm.org/trinity/trinity-v3.5.13/debian/ wheezy/main > kmail-trinity amd64 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0 [2,509 kB] > Fetched 2,509 kB in 1s (1,494 kB/s) > (Reading database ... 150260 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace kmail-trinity 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0 > (using .../kmail-trinity_4%3a3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0_amd64.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement kmail-trinity ... > Processing triggers for man-db ... > Processing triggers for menu ... > Setting up kmail-trinity (4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0) ... > Processing triggers for menu ... > > root@Nyx:/media/Buffalo# > </quote> > test. Still not OK so .. > > <quote> > root@Nyx:/media/Buffalo# aptitude remove kmail-trinity && aptitude install > kmail-trinity > The following packages will be REMOVED: > kmail-trinity > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 9,522 kB will be freed. > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > kdepim-trinity : Depends: kmail-trinity (>= 4:3.5.13.2-0debian7.0.0+0) but > it is not going to be installed. > kontact-trinity : Depends: kmail-trinity but it is not going to be > installed. kmailcvt-trinity : Depends: kmail-trinity but it is not going to > be installed. > The following actions will resolve these dependencies: > > Remove the following packages: > 1) kde-trinity > 2) kdepim-trinity > 3) kmailcvt-trinity > 4) kontact-trinity > > > > Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q > Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies. > Abort. > root@Nyx:/media/Buffalo# > </quote> > > Ideas?? > > Thanks, > Lisi I noticed a reference to slavek-banko, not sure if that is the stable release or, as is the mirror.xcer.cz site...bug fixes/introducing new ones. -- Peace, Greg