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hamei
Who joined Feb. 24, 2004, 4:10 p.m.
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Wrote the following at March 3, 2013, 6:54 p.m...
Where does /usr/sbin/desktop write to ?
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foetz
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Wrote the following at March 3, 2013, 10:05 p.m...
write what? settings? errors? ...

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hamei
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Wrote the following at March 4, 2013, 2:17 a.m...
foetz wrote:
write what? settings? errors? ...

Settings / configuration info. It's the Toolchest -> Desktop -> Customize -> Desktop application. Trying to get some fonts a little bigger, and put it in a place that's repeatable.
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duck
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Wrote the following at March 4, 2013, 4:27 a.m...
desktop(1) states
Code:
FILES
$HOME/.Sgiresources
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/Desktop
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/desktopenv
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/panelsession
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/FmState


however, the font size attribute apparently gets written to $HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/Sizes with values of "small, medium and large"

Edit: dug a bit more, I think the app-default is some SGI_DYNAMIC thing, but my quick look hasn't yet found out where they are defined. Cat (and myself) needs food now so I'll look later.

Edit2: D'oh, look back at the sgi screen and I see files named FontPalette.large FontPalette.medium and FontPalette.large in the Base scheme files...

Thus: To change the fonts to fit your ginormous display, either edit (or make your own) scheme in /usr/lib/X11/schemes/ (untested)

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hamei
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Wrote the following at March 4, 2013, 4:57 a.m...
duck wrote:
desktop(1) states
Code:
FILES
$HOME/.Sgiresources
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/Desktop
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/desktopenv
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/panelsession
$HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/FmState


however, the font size attribute apparently gets written to $HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/Sizes with values of "small, medium and large"

Guess I coulda tried < man desktop > , hunh ? Dum dum dum dum dum, dum bee doo bee dum ..
Thanks for the tactful kick in the butt :D