[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac IDLE Fonts? (-or- I guess I need glasses.)

[Nate]

I don't even have the "Preferences" item in my IDLE menu.  I'm running IDLE
1.2.2 on Leopard (10.5.4).

Maybe I should submit a bug-report?







On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Russell E. Owen <rowen at cesmail.net> wrote:

> In article <rowen-97F38B.09493317072008 at news.gmane.org>,
>  "Russell E. Owen" <rowen at cesmail.net> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <a0d7bcd40807050649u1e6df01erda46c5e8d87521f0 at mail.gmail.com>,
> >  Nate <afraud at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've been trying to increase the font size inside IDLE. The
> documentation
> > > refers to an "Options menu" that seems to be eluding me in the Mac
> flavor of
> > > IDLE.  Could someone please help me?
> >
> > When I run IDLE it has Preferences... under the IDLE menu. That's the
> > standard location and name for Mac prefs. The Fonts/Tabs panel has what
> > you're looking for.
>
> That said, it doesn't actually seem to work for me (I should have tried
> it before posting). I can set the font size, but I can't seem to make it
> stick. Clicking OK or Apply after making the change has no obvious
> effect; in fact OK doesn't even close the Preferences dialog box, which
> is not a good sign. That's with IDLE 2.5.2 on MacOS X 10.4.11.
>
> I also looked at ~/Library/Preferences/idle.plist (the only obvious
> prefs file I could find) but it only had a few entries and none were
> relevant to the font.
>
> Finally, I found the directory ~/.idlerc/ but none of the files in there
> look relevant.
>
> Maybe somebody knows where the prefs are stored or how to get them to
> work. I'm afraid I don't use IDLE myself.
>
> Another option is to use a normal text editor* You lose some
> interactivity but the powerful editing features may compensate by
> increasing productivity in other ways.
>
> Other IDEs that work on Mac include Eclipse (free but cluttered) and
> WingIDE (powerful but X11-based).
>
> -- Russell
>
> *I don't want to start an editor war, but commonly used options include:
> - TextWrangler: free, mature, robust, but clumsy find/replace
> - TextMate: powerful but has char-at-a-time undo
> - SubEthaEdit: nice but regex find is somewhat broken and no rectangular
> selection
> - Smultron: free, less powerful than TextWrangler but better find/replace
> - AquaEmacs: great for power users who aren't afraid of key stroke
> combinations
>
> I personally use Pepper, but it's no longer supported. I'm still looking
> for a modern replacement that I like as well.
>
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