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wissme
Larger font in IDE
Apr 30th, 2008, 10:37am  
MacOS-X Intel/Leopard. Processing 0135 beta.

Please I'm breaking my eyes with these small fonts.
I tried to enlarge them but the caret seems buggy then.
Also please add a color chooser for the syntax.
I plan to use it for teaching introductory Java.
Nice software !
Thanks.

  -dan
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REAS
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #1 - Apr 30th, 2008, 7:04pm  
If you quit and restart, the caret should work properly.

You can change the syntax colors in the properties file:

# Documents and Settings -> Application Data ->
#    Processing -> preferences.txt (on windows)

# ~/Library -> Processing -> preferences.txt (on macosx)

# ~/.processing -> preferences.txt (on linux)
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AP
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #2 - May 13th, 2008, 7:47pm  
Where is this file located on Windows Vista?

Not being able to tell the difference between the number one and the lowercase letter L is killing me.
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fry
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #3 - May 14th, 2008, 5:28pm  
change the font size from the "preferences" option inside processing itself. there's no need to go looking for the preferences.txt file. you just have to heed the warning that tells you to restart processing after you change the font size.. otherwise you'll get caret issues.
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PhiLho 
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #4 - May 15th, 2008, 4:17pm  
AP wrote on May 13th, 2008, 7:47pm:
Not being able to tell the difference between the number one and the lowercase letter L is killing me.

You can change the font choice in the mentioned preferences file.
I suggest using Andale Mono or Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, which  make nice difference between 1 and l (and |), 0 and O, etc.
Also google for programmer font, there are lot of opinions on the topic (Consolata seems to be popular, currently).
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ProcessingFTW
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #5 - Feb 28th, 2009, 7:17pm  
What about the font size in the interface itself. I am running on Linux and the menus are all at something like 6pt font, I can't figure out where this setting is set, the preferences dialog only sets the editor font.

From this article:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=522611

But I don't want to change my DPI because it screws with other X programs. Where is this setting being handled in the Java libraries?
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cloister
Re: Larger font in IDE
Reply #6 - Mar 11th, 2009, 5:42pm  
For Windows users, I suggest "Consolas, plain, 14" as the font choice.  Consolas was designed specifically for programming, and seeks to be easily readable while also making clear distinctions between similar-looking glyphs.
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