Changing script editor font and size (Was: SOMETHING PRETTY BASSIC)

[Kay C Lan]

Although there is a Zoom feature in Universal Access, even when it's turned
Off there is a Screen Zoom feature which can be used. Screen Zoom is
available with any trackpad or if you have a Magic Mouse, Mighty Mouse or
mouse with a scroll wheel. Press *Ctrl + Scroll UP (two finger if using a
trackpad). It should be On by default but you can access it via the TackPad
or Mouse Preference Pane. It's easy to get the LC Preference Pane to fill
the screen and that is only at about 15% of the available magnification! If
I go all the way I can magnify it so only two lines vertically and about 18
characters horizontally FILL the screen. The trick is to place the cursor
over what you want magnified, then when you magnify it will be right in the
middle of your screen.

This obviously isn't a working solution, you can't work with the script
editor this way, but for those occasional situations where you need to read
the tiny print of a Preference Pane, Get Info window or Installer Dialog
instruction, it works like a charm.

And one other use of Screen Zoom; for some reason, every now and then I get
a DVD (typically old) that even after selecting Full Screen, displays the
movie with a large border around it. Screen Zoom quickly fixes that.

HTH
*It's the Ctrl key not the usual Cmd key.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Hi Joe,
> Not sure what platform you are on but Macs have a Universal Access control
> panel in the Settings that has various options to help in these
> circumstances, not just with Livecode but with any program.  I'm sure
> there's something equivalent on Windows too.
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Jan. I'll see (I hope) if I can find it. Is there a way to
> increase
> > the Font Size of the Preferences? That would make finding other things a
> > lot easier. The Dictionary is also very tiny. (sigh!) That's my world.
> >
> > Gracias a todos!
> >
> > Jose
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Jan Schenkel wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Joe,
> > >
> > > You can definitely modify the script editor settings:
> > > - Go to menu 'Edit' item 'Preferences' - then select 'Script editor' in
> > the left-hand side list.
> > > - In the right-hand side panel you should see option menus for the font
> > and size.
> > >
> > > On my Windows machine I picked Consolas size 12; I just tried switching
> > it to size 18 and it worked like a charm.
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Jan Schenkel.
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode
> > > www.quartam.com
> > >
> > >
> > > =====
> > > "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same
> > time."  (La Rochefoucauld)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net>
> > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > > Cc:
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:50 PM
> > > Subject: Re: SOMETHING PRETTY BASSIC
> > >
> > > Hi Bernie, et al:
> > > Yeah, I followed it at the time, but was never satisfied with the
> > results. Again, it goes back to my poor vision. I have managed to resolve
> > all my issues in a somewhat clumsy fashion that took me ages to
> accomplish.
> > Turns out it was a good thing, since I had left a script poorly coded at
> > one time and it was going to work irrationally if at all when I tried
> using
> > some of its handlers. LC balked, fortunately. The errors are so small
> that
> > I didn't even notice them and I have yet to figure out how I can increase
> > their font size. (sigh!) At the moment I'm being harrassed by a fly
> that's
> > driving me crazy.
> > >
> > > Thanks gang!
> > >
> > > Joe Wilkins
> > >
> > >
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