Quem usa o netspeed-applet do gnome e atualizou ele para versão 0.15, descobriu que esta versão não permite mais modificar o tamanho da fonte. Para mim isso é essencial (as fontes que vem pode padrão são muito grandes), por isso decidi fazer um patch para dar suporte a isso.

Para quem usa ArchLinux, o PKGBUILD já está no AUR :) .

Para quem não usa ele, esse é o patch:

netspeed-applet with editable font size option

diff -ru netspeed_applet-0.15.2/src/netspeed.c netspeed_applet-0.15.2.fontsize/src/netspeed.c
--- netspeed_applet-0.15.2/src/netspeed.c   2008-09-13 16:59:52.000000000 -0300
+++ netspeed_applet-0.15.2.fontsize/src/netspeed.c  2008-10-23 14:57:41.000000000 -0200
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
    gboolean show_sum, show_bits;
    gboolean change_icon, auto_change_device;
    GdkColor in_color, out_color;
+   int font_size;
    int width;

    GtkWidget *inbytes_text, *outbytes_text;
@@ -664,8 +665,11 @@

    /* Refresh the text of the labels and tooltip */
    if (applet->show_sum) {
+       add_markup_size(&applet->devinfo.sum_rate, applet->font_size);
        gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(applet->sum_label), applet->devinfo.sum_rate);
    } else {
+       add_markup_size(&applet->devinfo.rx_rate, applet->font_size);
+       add_markup_size(&applet->devinfo.tx_rate, applet->font_size);
        gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(applet->in_label), applet->devinfo.rx_rate);
        gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(applet->out_label), applet->devinfo.tx_rate);
    }
@@ -891,6 +895,7 @@
    return;
     }
     panel_applet_gconf_set_string(PANEL_APPLET(applet->applet), "device", applet->devinfo.name, NULL);
+    panel_applet_gconf_set_int(PANEL_APPLET(applet->applet), "font_size", applet->font_size, NULL);
     panel_applet_gconf_set_bool(PANEL_APPLET(applet->applet), "show_sum", applet->show_sum, NULL);
     panel_applet_gconf_set_bool(PANEL_APPLET(applet->applet), "show_bits", applet->show_bits, NULL);
     panel_applet_gconf_set_bool(PANEL_APPLET(applet->applet), "change_icon", applet->change_icon, NULL);
@@ -901,6 +906,15 @@
     applet->settings = NULL;
 }

+/* Set the font size to the new value
+ */
+static void
+font_size_adjust_cb(GtkSpinButton *spinbutton, NetspeedApplet *applet)
+{
+   applet->font_size = gtk_spin_button_get_value_as_int(spinbutton);
+   applet->width = 0;
+}
+
 /* Called when the showsum checkbutton is toggled...
  */
 static void
@@ -944,7 +958,12 @@
    GtkWidget *category_header_label;
    GtkWidget *network_device_hbox;
    GtkWidget *network_device_label;
+   GtkWidget *label_font_size_hbox;
+   GtkWidget *label_font_size_hbox2;
+   GtkWidget *label_font_size_label;
+   GtkWidget *label_font_size_spinbutton;
    GtkWidget *indent_label;
+   GtkWidget *points_label;
    GtkWidget *show_sum_checkbutton;
    GtkWidget *show_bits_checkbutton;
    GtkWidget *change_icon_checkbutton;
@@ -1033,6 +1052,31 @@
    gtk_combo_box_set_active(GTK_COMBO_BOX(applet->network_device_combo), active);
    g_object_set_data_full(G_OBJECT(applet->network_device_combo), "devices", devices, (GDestroyNotify)free_devices_list);

+   label_font_size_hbox = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 6);
+   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(controls_vbox), label_font_size_hbox, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+
+   label_font_size_label = gtk_label_new_with_mnemonic(_("Label _font size:"));
+   gtk_label_set_justify(GTK_LABEL(label_font_size_label), GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT);
+   gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC(label_font_size_label), 0.0f, 0.5f);
+   gtk_size_group_add_widget(category_label_size_group, label_font_size_label);
+   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(label_font_size_hbox), label_font_size_label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+   
+   label_font_size_hbox2 = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 6);
+   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(label_font_size_hbox), label_font_size_hbox2, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+   
+   label_font_size_spinbutton = gtk_spin_button_new_with_range (5.0, 32.0, 1.0);
+   gtk_spin_button_set_value(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(label_font_size_spinbutton), (double) applet->font_size);
+   gtk_spin_button_set_snap_to_ticks(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON(label_font_size_spinbutton), TRUE);
+   gtk_spin_button_set_digits(GTK_SPIN_BUTTON (label_font_size_spinbutton), 0);
+   gtk_label_set_mnemonic_widget(GTK_LABEL(label_font_size_label), label_font_size_spinbutton);
+   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(label_font_size_hbox2), label_font_size_spinbutton, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+   
+   points_label = gtk_label_new(_("points"));
+   gtk_label_set_justify(GTK_LABEL (points_label), GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT);
+   gtk_misc_set_alignment(GTK_MISC (points_label), 0.0f, 0.5f);
+   gtk_size_group_add_widget(category_units_size_group, points_label);
+   gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX (label_font_size_hbox2), points_label, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+   
    show_sum_checkbutton = gtk_check_button_new_with_mnemonic(_("Show _sum instead of in & out"));
    gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(show_sum_checkbutton), applet->show_sum);
    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(controls_vbox), show_sum_checkbutton, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
@@ -1048,6 +1092,9 @@
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT (applet->network_device_combo), "changed",
             G_CALLBACK(device_change_cb), (gpointer)applet);

+   g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT (label_font_size_spinbutton), "value-changed",
+            G_CALLBACK(font_size_adjust_cb), (gpointer)applet);
+
    g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT (show_sum_checkbutton), "toggled",
             G_CALLBACK(showsum_change_cb), (gpointer)applet);

@@ -1343,6 +1390,30 @@
    }
 }  

+/* Tries to get the desktop font size out of gconf
+ * database
+ */
+static int
+get_default_font_size(void)
+{
+   int ret = 12;
+   char *buf, *ptr;
+   
+   GConfClient *client = NULL;
+   client = gconf_client_get_default();
+   if (!client)
+       return 12;
+   buf = gconf_client_get_string(client, "/desktop/gnome/interface/font_name", NULL);
+   if (!buf)
+       return 12;
+   ptr = strrchr(buf, ' ');
+   if (ptr)
+       sscanf(ptr, "%d", &ret);
+   g_free(buf);
+       
+   return ret;
+}
+
 static gboolean
 applet_button_press(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, NetspeedApplet *applet)
 {
@@ -1526,6 +1597,7 @@
    applet->show_sum = FALSE;
    applet->show_bits = FALSE;
    applet->change_icon = TRUE;
+   applet->font_size = -1;
    applet->auto_change_device = TRUE;

    /* Set the default colors of the graph
@@ -1553,6 +1625,9 @@
        applet->show_bits = panel_applet_gconf_get_bool(applet_widget, "show_bits", NULL);
        applet->change_icon = panel_applet_gconf_get_bool(applet_widget, "change_icon", NULL);
        applet->auto_change_device = panel_applet_gconf_get_bool(applet_widget, "auto_change_device", NULL);
+       applet->font_size = panel_applet_gconf_get_int(applet_widget, "font_size", NULL);
+       if (!applet->font_size)
+           applet->font_size = -1;

        tmp = panel_applet_gconf_get_string(applet_widget, "device", NULL);
        if (tmp && strcmp(tmp, "")) 
@@ -1587,6 +1662,9 @@
        }
    }

+   if (applet->font_size < 1)
+       applet->font_size = get_default_font_size();
+   
    if (!applet->devinfo.name) {
        GList *ptr, *devices = get_available_devices();
        ptr = devices;