I am trying to change the font from the menu, but after I select the font, font size etc it just doesn't change. I've also tried restarting Mousepad after changing the font but it didn't work. I know I was able to change the font before and at that time I was running on the 4.3.6-1 kernel. I've noticed the change after upgrading to the 4.4.17-1 kernel. I'm planning to upgrade to the 4.7 kernel this or next month. Please let me know if you need any logs or system info. I'll also add a note after the upgrade
Also, I'm running Manjaro $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=ManjaroLinux DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.06.1 DISTRIB_CODENAME=Daniella DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Manjaro Linux"
(In reply to Stefan from comment #0) [...] > I know I was able to change the font before and at that time I was running > on the 4.3.6-1 kernel. I've noticed the change after upgrading to the > 4.4.17-1 kernel. > > I'm planning to upgrade to the 4.7 kernel this or next month. Please let me > know if you need any logs or system info. > > I'll also add a note after the upgrade Mousepad font setup - kernel unrelated. ;)
Mousepad - Font setup Font status - via CLI: $ grep font ~/.config/Mousepad/settings.conf font-name='Monospace 12' use-default-monospace-font=true Font status/change - via GUI: -Edit -Preferences -View -Font Use system monospace font: (Un)lock Use system font: Unlock - via CLI: $ sed -i 's/font=true/font=false/' ~/.config/Mousepad/settings.conf Font status/change - via GUI: -View -Select Font Select font: e.g. Monospace 24 - via CLI: $ sed -i 's/Monospace 12/Monospace 24/' ~/.config/Mousepad/settings.conf Font status - via CLI: $ grep font ~/.config/Mousepad/settings.conf font-name='Monospace 24' use-default-monospace-font=false $ mousepad --version | head -1 Mousepad 0.4.0git-20160727git5c90989 Build Configuration: * D-BUS support: yes * Debug Support: minimum * Use keyfile backend: yes * Build with GTK+ 3: yes
Have you unchecked "Use system font" under Preferences?
The need to uncheck that is counter-intuitive; when you go to "View -> Select Font" you expect the change to take effect immediately, regardless of the "use system font" setting under Preferences. The solution to this would be to either: 1) Remove the "View -> Select Font" menu option (IMO simpler and reduces duplication). 2) Adjust "View -> Select Font" so it disables the "use system font" setting.
*** Bug 15052 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 8447 proposed patch I vote for implementing the second solution which was suggested by Evangelos.
Theo Linkspfeifer referenced this bugreport in commit c4e15fdc86dbb2559f9e0d1658cca6372ec58b8d Selecting a font via menu now disables system font (Bug #12773) https://git.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/commit?id=c4e15fdc86dbb2559f9e0d1658cca6372ec58b8d
Simple patch, thanks.