Common Desktop Environment
Configure non-CDE applications
by Antonis Tsolomitis
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vlc version 2 and above supports the CDE style. Go to Tools→Preferences and change the window style to CDE. When working with Radio stations I find it useful to select "Allow only one instance".
To change the interface fonts, say to Lucida Sans, install qt4-qtconfig and run qtconfig-qt4. In the window that you get change the fonts and the theme to CDE. When you save (File→Save) vlc will immediately adjust its window to the changes you made.
firefox
Fonts for web pages can change through preferences.
To change the interface fonts say to Lucida Sans, go first to your $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/
In there there is a folder whose name ends in "default". Go into this folder and then in the subfolder called "chrome"
copy the file userChrome-example.css to userChrome.css
Open the last file in an editor and add these lines to it:
* {
font-family: "Lucida Sans";
font-size: 10pt
}
Save and exit. Restart firefox.
For a more classic look move the tabs below the toolbar (right click on top toolbar → deselect tabs on top) and install the Foxscape plugin which will use netscape icons.
thunderbird
Do the same as for firefox. The files userChrome-example.css and userChrome.css should be in
$HOME/.thunderbird/<profile>.default/chrome/
For a more classic look move install the plugin rise-of-the-tools which will move the tabs below the toolbar and install the orthodox plugin which will use netscape icons.