Sorry for such a fundamental question, but... once I've found values in about:config I want to change, how do I change them?
On my pc, I double click the value and enter a new one. On the N800, I can double tap a value to highlight it, but can't seem to enter a new value.
I've read every post related to about:config; it must be so easy no one has had to ask. Sorry I'm so dense,
Tom

OK, I guess everyone figured I didn't see the "Set Preference" boxes at the top of about:config. I did.
I'm trying to alter the minimum font size, as suggested by coffeedrinker in his post when he said:
To set minimum fonts size:
user_pref("font.min-size.fixed.x-western", 17);
user_pref("font.min-size.variable.x-western", 17);

Neither of those parameters are in my about:config display. If I use the "Set Preferences" boxes to enter them with the value of 17, nothing is added.
I do have two similar parameters:
font.size.fixed.x-western int 12
font.size.variable.x-western int 16
When I attempt to alter these values using the "Set Preference" boxes, nothing is changed.
What am I missing?
Tom

Perhaps the format you are entering them in is incorrect.

When using the boxes enter:
font.min-size.fixed.x-western in the first box and 20 in the second box

Do not put in the word "int" and not the "user_pref" part.

You need to change all four of these to get things to work on all sites:
font.min-size.fixed.x-western 20
font.min-size.variable.x-western 20
font.size.variable.x-western 20
font.size.fixed.x-western 20

Problem solved; thanks much.
Tom

Coffeedrinker,

You list 4 parameters in your message above. However, in my about:config, only the last 2 exist. I have changed them. However, I can find no references to the western minimum font size and thus can't change it to 20. I have followed the instructions at least twice, but I still don't see those 2 parameters.
I am a neophyte with Linux, so I'm probably overlooking something very elementary.
However, I would appreciate your help. The default min font size is just too small for me to be able to read.
Thanks.

Steve

They do not appear, but they do exist. Type them in and they will exist. It was that they didn't appear in the list that drove us all crazy. So I went and found them. After you enter them correctly, they will show up.

Coffeedrinker,

Thanks so much for the quick reply. I will try again. My earlier failure to get the items to appear must have been a typing error on my part.
To further display my ignorance (which is considerable!)...
I did stop and restart the browser--Do I need to reboot the tablet to get the items to appear?

Actually, it really makes no difference. Rebooting, like chicken soup, can't hurt.

Thanks again for your patience with us Linux-challenged people.

Steve

Coffeedrinker,

I just tried to enter those first 2 parameters again. I was very careful and am confident I typed them correctly. I stopped the browser, rebooted the tablet, but my minimum font size in the browser did not change. I looked in the about:config file and still don't see those 2 parameters listed.
By comparison, I have my Opera minimum font size set at 17, and I can read the screen acceptably.
I entered the parameters just like you noted in your post and just llike I entered the last 2. When I have entered a parameter and its value (20), I tap the "Enter Parameter" button. The last 2 show up with the new value of 20.
So, obviously I'm still doing something wrong.
Thanks for whatever help you can offer.

Steve

I suggest you try adding them to the file prefs.js file then.

It is located in the /home/user/.mozilla/microb/ directory. If you do not know how to edit this file please search this forum since there are many ways to do it.

Search for some of these items:
You could ssh in and use vi
You could use vi from x term
You could use leafpad or some other editor