On Mon 02 Jan 2017 at 06:53:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 12/28/2016 10:09 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >On 12/28/2016 4:53 PM, Brian wrote:
> >>On Wed 28 Dec 2016 at 04:48:41 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>
> >>>There is a separate issue with default font sizes that I've
> >>>noticed before,
> >>>but am now motivated to address. Default fonts are annoyingly
> >>>small. I know
> >>>how to adjust them on a per user per font basis in Mate's
> >>>"Appearance
> >>>Preferences" menu. As there will ever be exactly one human
> >>>seeing this
> >>>machine, where can change the default setting from "10" to
> >>>"16" system wide
> >>>[preferably by preseeding]? If it would also change the font
> >>>size of the
> >>>User login screen that would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >>When you adjust the fonts to your liking the config will be
> >>stored in
> >>a file in your home directory. Locate the file and copy it to
> >>your USB
> >>stick. Have a late_command in your preseed file transfer the
> >>file to a
> >>home directory on /target.
> >>
> >
> >Found the file. If I do as you say, will it automatically be used
> >for any "user" I create in the future?
> >
>
> I *HAD* found *A* configuration file named "MATE Terminal" in both
> /home/richard/Desktop/ and /root/Desktop/.
> I had *ASSUMED* that was the file to which Brian had referred.
What was in it?
> It is evidently not.
> I have done a fresh install of Jessie with MATE Desktop using the
> installer's defaults rather than my minimal install via preseeding.
>
> I have adjusted the font sizes used by richard and root. No file
> titled "MATE Terminal" appears in either /Desktop directory.
But did the settings stick? ie do they survive a reboot?
Typing:
find . -type f -mmin -1440 -print | less # one day
can also be useful in such situations. Obviously reduce 1440 to
some suitably small interval to find the most recently modified files.
Cheers,
David.
