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