[Tutor] Font sizes in Idle

[Kirby Urner]

At 02:14 PM 6/19/2002 +0000, Einar Th. Einarsson wrote:
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>Hey y'all
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>Does anyone know how to make Idle run with larger fonts? Or have any tips in
>that general directions?

Hi Einar --

There are some config files in the IDLE directory.  For your setup,
I think config-unix is the right place to change font size.  I've blown
mine up to 14 or something huge like that.  I know what you mean
about the tiny defaults.

Alan must have used an older version, as font sizes are not hard coded
in a .py file.

Just the other day, I switched to the forked IDLE on my Mandrake 8.2
setup, but I know the config business with user-defined font sizes is
the same in the regular IDLE.

>When I start Idle it displays the code in ca. 6-7pt letters, which basically
>sucks as I can't read that small a print (which has frequently landed me in
>legal troubles, but that's besides the point ;)
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>I'm using Python 2.2 on RedHat 7.2. Help would be greatly appreciated.
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>- --
>A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
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>Yours etc.
>     Einar Th.

Kirby