Revised Font Chooser and Preferences stacks

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard,

hope you had a good time at RevConWest! :-)

> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>> I have uploaded a revised Preferences stack and a Font Chooser  
>> stack to the Files section of the MC IDE Yahoo group.
>> The Font Chooser stack contains a list field for font names rather  
>> than a popup button. I've been using this privately for a while  
>> and I like it much better. Anyone who has as many fonts as I do  
>> will see the advantages of a list, I think.
>> I have also made some changes to the Preferences stack so that it  
>> now supports a stackFileVersion preference. I could not think of a  
>> suitable way to change this setting on the fly, but the new stack  
>> does allow you to permanently set the preference, which will stay  
>> in effect until you change it. It checks for the engine version  
>> and is not effective unless the version is 2.7 or higher.
>> I didn't want to add a new prefs pane just for this one setting,  
>> so it is at the bottom of the "Look and Feel" group. I know that  
>> isn't strictly what it is for, but the other choices were worse.
>> If people agree, Richard can grab these and put them in the distro.
>
> Tariel has rightfully demanded that I get off my butt and post the  
> last MC IDE build.  He's right -- it's way overdue.
> To wrap it up I was going to fold in these two changes from Jacque  
> -- any reason why I shouldn't?

Not that i knew.

>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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Regards

Klaus Major
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