I'm new to Mac and to PB development on the Mac.
Having just installed PB 4.51 can I ask . . .
. . . why can't I change the editor font/size and why – if the font/size can't be changed – is the editor stuck with such a tiny (practically unreadable) font size? Am I missing something here?
Oh, I'm running a 15” MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.3 (if that's relevant).
TIA
Dave
Editor Font size.
Re: Editor Font size.
Hi Dave,
This has been asked several times as you can read below.
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 24&t=43215
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 19&t=41527
I don't see that the font is tiny. I can see if you had the disadvantage of a 27" monitor
Here is what it looks like for me.
Yeah, bold text is missing. Thanks, Vera, for the Linux example below.
This has been asked several times as you can read below.
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 24&t=43215
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 19&t=41527
I don't see that the font is tiny. I can see if you had the disadvantage of a 27" monitor
Here is what it looks like for me.Yeah, bold text is missing. Thanks, Vera, for the Linux example below.
Last edited by WilliamL on Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:01 am, edited 2 times in total.
MacBook Pro-M1 (2021), Tahoe 26.1, PB 6.30b2
Re: Editor Font size.
Hi William,
I noticed after posting that the problem had been noted before. Doh!
Sorry about that, my old eyes were still watering from trying to read that tiny editor font.
Anyway, apart from buying a (much) larger monitor . . . is there a solution/fix for this?
ATB
Dave
I noticed after posting that the problem had been noted before. Doh!
Sorry about that, my old eyes were still watering from trying to read that tiny editor font.
Anyway, apart from buying a (much) larger monitor . . . is there a solution/fix for this?
ATB
Dave
Re: Editor Font size.
Hi,
Another newbie here.
I've noticed the same problem and wholeheartedly agree with the original poster.
Having read the other threads there doesn't seem to have been an official response to this. I was rather keen, delighted in fact that I could program in the same language on the mac as well as the PC so this seems a bit of a shame. Also the font type can't be changed from what I can see. One of the first things I did on the PC version was the change the font to Courier New (I think - not in front of the PC now) which made a big difference. Here we are on a Mac and can't seem to do either.
Also, is there any kind of context-sensitive help available. For example, highlighting a keyword and pressing a key for a description. It doesn't seem possible to search for a keyword from the 'help' menu either. Or maybe it's me!
Would appreciate any help.
Many thanks
Simon
PS - great language though. Who'd have thought BASIC would have come so far (I come from the C64/BBC Micro/6502 world and am just getting back into coding after too long!)
Another newbie here.
I've noticed the same problem and wholeheartedly agree with the original poster.
Having read the other threads there doesn't seem to have been an official response to this. I was rather keen, delighted in fact that I could program in the same language on the mac as well as the PC so this seems a bit of a shame. Also the font type can't be changed from what I can see. One of the first things I did on the PC version was the change the font to Courier New (I think - not in front of the PC now) which made a big difference. Here we are on a Mac and can't seem to do either.
Also, is there any kind of context-sensitive help available. For example, highlighting a keyword and pressing a key for a description. It doesn't seem possible to search for a keyword from the 'help' menu either. Or maybe it's me!
Would appreciate any help.
Many thanks
Simon
PS - great language though. Who'd have thought BASIC would have come so far (I come from the C64/BBC Micro/6502 world and am just getting back into coding after too long!)
Re: Editor Font size.
Select the Keyword and then 'Help' should bring up the page in the manual.context-sensitive help
In the 'Manual/Overview/Commands Index' is a list of all the commands.
Last edited by WilliamL on Sat Oct 23, 2010 5:45 pm, edited 2 times in total.
MacBook Pro-M1 (2021), Tahoe 26.1, PB 6.30b2
Re: Editor Font size.
Linux-example-view with standart settings:
posted on request
@Hysteria
Well~come on board
yes your right - it's sad there hasn't been any official reply to this drawback yet or any other way to work around it.
greetings ~ Vera
posted on request
@Hysteria
Well~come on board
yes your right - it's sad there hasn't been any official reply to this drawback yet or any other way to work around it.
greetings ~ Vera
Two growing code-collections: WinApi-Lib by RSBasic ~ LinuxAPI-Lib by Omi
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Re: Editor Font size.
@vera - thanks!
Hmm, changing the background to white helps...the white colour scheme or whatever it's called.
The F1/right-click help doesn't work (at least on my Mac). Works a treat on the PC though!
It's annoying as I wanted to use the Macbook at my main dev machine so I'm not stuck at sitting at the PC but the PC's IDE seems to have the edge...
Another somewhat confusing thing I've noticed relates to the demo programs involving graphics. Now, frankly, I'm amazed that as many work cross-platform as do but I've observed an issue where (on the Mac) some work as full screen, some work as a certain sized-screen but I've not found one that does them all. Some programs stop with an error that appears to be specifiying a colour-depth of 0bps which clearly can't help. It doesn't appear to be a Mac feature 'thing' as some of the demos work in full screen and some don't. I won't list them as I'm sure others have seen this unless it's just my machine...and then they won't have seen it at all
Perhaps the PureBasic team guys can chime in and let us know if there are any plans in these areas.
Hmm, changing the background to white helps...the white colour scheme or whatever it's called.
The F1/right-click help doesn't work (at least on my Mac). Works a treat on the PC though!
It's annoying as I wanted to use the Macbook at my main dev machine so I'm not stuck at sitting at the PC but the PC's IDE seems to have the edge...
Another somewhat confusing thing I've noticed relates to the demo programs involving graphics. Now, frankly, I'm amazed that as many work cross-platform as do but I've observed an issue where (on the Mac) some work as full screen, some work as a certain sized-screen but I've not found one that does them all. Some programs stop with an error that appears to be specifiying a colour-depth of 0bps which clearly can't help. It doesn't appear to be a Mac feature 'thing' as some of the demos work in full screen and some don't. I won't list them as I'm sure others have seen this unless it's just my machine...and then they won't have seen it at all
Perhaps the PureBasic team guys can chime in and let us know if there are any plans in these areas.
Re: Editor Font size.
There is no easy fix for this problem. We will get to it, but it will take a while.
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Re: Editor Font size.
Thanks for the input, freak, your response will put this matter to rest... for a while.
MacBook Pro-M1 (2021), Tahoe 26.1, PB 6.30b2
Re: Editor Font size.
Many thanks, appreciated.freak wrote:There is no easy fix for this problem. We will get to it, but it will take a while.
ATB
Dave
Re: Editor Font size.
If there's no easy fix to the problem of being able to adjust the editor font size, could you at least make the editor text larger with the next release? About twice as big maybe?freak wrote:There is no easy fix for this problem. We will get to it, but it will take a while.
ATB
Dave