Can look of ical (calendar) be configured?

[Bruce B]

I never thought to use.xinitrc for window manger startup programs. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for the code also.

[Walt H]

Since I don't know a lot about coding, I'm glad I could finally contribute something useful.

[puppian]

Okay, here it is, my /.Xresources file:

Cool!
I've followed what you did and Ical looks much better now!
Are there any other apps that can be modified the same way?
Perhaps we can start a 'Puppy Beautification' project base on this

[Walt H]

By copying some of the font listings from the fonts.dir file in the TrueType1 directory to the font.alias file that X uses, I was able to expand my font choices and change the look of the text in ical even more.

I am currently using the AvantGarde font, which I like. the one problem is that longer month names are cut off on the calendar with this font because ical opens to a preset size when launching at boot up, and it cannot be resized in that state.

I've also been able to change the look of XCalendar, which, if I remember correctly, has its own configuration file where colors can be changed.

[MU]

Hi Walt, I did not have a look at ical and Xcalendar yet, but maybe Monthcal might be something for you.

It uses Gtk (wxWidgets) and so takes over the Gtk-Theme currently activated in Puppy.

http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2026

I develop Monthcol together with someone else, so we might add small changes if you miss something.

Mark