From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2012 - 10:35:27 CDT

Do you get any error/warning messages in TkCon when it starts, I'd
begin by checking all of that very carefully...

Cheers,
  John

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:25:04AM -0400, Shyno Mathew wrote:
> Can you explain how can I check this? Sorry I am a beginner in linux
> stuff.
>
> thanks
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:20 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Have you checked to see if your machine has all of the fonts that Tk
> expects to be able to find? TkCon can't use any fonts that Tk can't
> find,
> so it makes me wonder if that might be the reason you're not able to
> simply
> use the font settings in the email you referenced.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:18:05AM -0400, Shyno Mathew wrote:
> > Hello John,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. I am using Linux platform, fedora 16, 64
> bit
> > machine.
> >
> > thanks
> > Shyno
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:10 AM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > You didn't mention what operating system you're using. That
> might
> > have in impact on the steps you need to take. I think that the
> previous
> > mail you referenced was likely tested on a Unix/Linux platform,
> but
> > filenames
> > such as .tkconrc won't work right on Windows, so the steps are
> likely
> > different
> > there, if you happen to be a Windows user, for example.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 05:44:13PM -0400, Shyno Mathew wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I am trying to increase the font size of tkconsole. As
> mentioned in
> > the
> > > mailing list ( following url),
> > >
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/mailing_list/vmd-l/19624.html
> > >
> > > I made a .tkconrc file in my home directory.
> > > But this doesn't seem to fix the issue, the font size still
> looks
> > the
> > > same.
> > > Can some one comment on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Shyno Mathew
> > > --
> > > Shyno Mathew
> > > PhD student
> > > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > > Columbia University
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> > Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> > University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> > http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
> >
> > --
> > Shyno Mathew
> > PhD student
> > Department of Chemical Engineering
> > Columbia University
>
> --
> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Phone: 217-244-3349
> http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>
> --
> Shyno Mathew
> PhD student
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> Columbia University

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