A while ago I posted about, this, no-one answered, but I'm halfway to an answer now myself... would very much appreciate it if anyone could help me get the rest of the way there!
When you open up a patch in OS X, the default font size is too large for it to be usable. I've now discovered is easily fixed from the Edit menu -> Font, which opens up a box called FONT BOMB, where you can change the font size down to 10, which is fine. The problem is, you need to do this on /every single patch you open/, and the setting doesn't stick, so you need to do it /every time/...
Can anyone say where the default setting is stored? I've looked inside every likely looking file, but I just can't suss it.
Thanks in advance,
hi simon, you can use the flag -font 10. this is in your .pdrc (is there a .pdrc in OSX???) or whatever startscript you use. m.
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Simon van der Walt" j.simon@jsvdw.freeserve.co.uk To: pd-list@iem.at Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:44 PM Subject: [PD] Font Size under OS X?
A while ago I posted about, this, no-one answered, but I'm halfway to an answer now myself... would very much appreciate it if anyone could help me get the rest of the way there!
When you open up a patch in OS X, the default font size is too large for
it
to be usable. I've now discovered is easily fixed from the Edit menu -> Font, which opens up a box called FONT BOMB, where you can change the font size down to 10, which is fine. The problem is, you need to do this on /every single patch you open/, and the setting doesn't stick, so you need
to
do it /every time/...
Can anyone say where the default setting is stored? I've looked inside
every
likely looking file, but I just can't suss it.
Thanks in advance,
-- J. Simon van der Walt ----- Composer http://www.jsimonvanderwalt.com
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hi simon, you can use the flag -font 10. this is in your .pdrc (is there a .pdrc in OSX???) or whatever startscript you use.
Thanks, but... I can't find a '.pdrc' file. What am I looking for here? A file with the extension .pdrc, or an invisible file called '.pdrc'?
I can find settings for default font sizes, in my Pd.term file, but that is font sizes for the *terminal* window, not the pd windows. I also found some references to font sizes in the pd.tk file in lib/pd/bin?
Thanks,
invisible .pdrc in your home directory. if it does not exist, create it (using text edit or whatever texteditor)
m
J. Simon van der Walt schrieb:
hi simon, you can use the flag -font 10. this is in your .pdrc (is there a .pdrc in OSX???) or whatever startscript you use.
Thanks, but... I can't find a '.pdrc' file. What am I looking for here? A file with the extension .pdrc, or an invisible file called '.pdrc'?
I can find settings for default font sizes, in my Pd.term file, but that is font sizes for the *terminal* window, not the pd windows. I also found some references to font sizes in the pd.tk file in lib/pd/bin?
Thanks,
Max Neupert wrote:
invisible .pdrc in your home directory. if it does not exist, create it (using text edit or whatever texteditor)
I created one, but Textedit wont open it because its invisible. I guess I should use a different editor (I prefer a noncommandline). What is recommended for that purpose?
Stefan
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Hallo, Stefan Tiedje hat gesagt: // Stefan Tiedje wrote:
I created one, but Textedit wont open it because its invisible. I guess I should use a different editor (I prefer a noncommandline). What is recommended for that purpose?
Well, I don't know what is good on OS-X, but if I may still recommend a terminal editor, then "vi" as was mentioned is available on *every* decent Unix-like system. It's a bit tricky to use, though, to say the least.
But I can give detailed instructions provided vi on OS-X behaves as it does everywhere else.
Open a Terminal
type: vi ~/.pdrc
you'll see a lot of "~" signs, don't worry: vi is in the normal mode now where every key is a command. A ~ represents a non-existing line, which you have plenty of as ~/.pdrc is still empty.
now type: i
now vi is in in "i"nsert mode and you can edit the text as usual.
to save, first press "Escape" to get back to normal mode
type: :w to save
type: :q to quit.
A nicer, graphical vi with menus and all is Vim from www.vim.org All my mails are written with Vim.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
hi,
I created one, but Textedit wont open it because its invisible. I guess I should use a different editor (I prefer a noncommandline). What is recommended for that purpose?
try bbedit (not lite!) which also can be adressed via command line, after installation. so you just go to your home folder and type "bbedit .pdrc" in the command line and a bbedit window shows up where you can edit the file. but it could be very helpful to learn the vi basics. in this case you just need three commands I guess, i = input mode, esc = command mode, :wq = save and quit / :q = quit without save. cheers
Christian Klotz Kunsthochschule Kassel / School of Arts Kassel ::digitalpool
invisible .pdrc in your home directory. if it does not exist, create it (using text edit or whatever texteditor)
I created one, but Textedit wont open it because its invisible. I guess I should use a different editor (I prefer a noncommandline). What is recommended for that purpose?
there is a way for people who fear the command line:
- download & install tinkertool:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11967
- in tinkertool, set the finder to display system and hidden files,
restart finder.
open and edit .pdrc in TextEdit
make sure in the TextEdit Preferences the option "add .txt extension
when saved" is UNCHECKED
save in plain text format as .pdrc
recommended but not neccessary: check in Finder (Menue
"Finder/Preferences/Extended" "Show all Suffixes" so OS X will not fool you by displaying a .pdrc file while it is actually a .pdrc.txt file which will not work.
you see: just typing "vim .pdrc" would be much easier....... (and it is nerdier, which means it's cooler)
m
Max Neupert wrote:
- download & install tinkertool:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11967.....
Thanks a lot for the tips..
you see: just typing "vim .pdrc" would be much easier....... (and it is nerdier, which means it's cooler)
But I'm such a hot gui and worst of all I have fun with being hot ;-)
Stefan
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hi simon, you can use the flag -font 10. this is in your .pdrc (is there a .pdrc in OSX???) or whatever startscript you use.
Thanks, but... I can't find a '.pdrc' file. What am I looking for here? A file with the extension .pdrc, or an invisible file called '.pdrc'?
open your terminal and type vi .pdrc or use any other texteditor (the .pdrc is located in your home folder and invisible) cheers
Christian Klotz Kunsthochschule Kassel / School of Arts Kassel ::digitalpool
From: Christian Klotz list_pd@deviation.de
open your terminal and type vi .pdrc or use any other texteditor (the .pdrc is located in your home folder and invisible)
I don't think so. Here's all the invisible files in ~
.CFUserTextEncoding .DS_Store .Trash .bash_history .bash_profile .festival_history .java .lpoptions
And if I understand "find" correctly, there is no file of that name on my disk;
-bash /> sudo find / -name ".pdrc" -print [two minute wait] -bash /> [nothing]
So, I guess it must be somewhere else, called something else, on the mac build. Anyone?
Ta,
Hallo, J. Simon van der Walt hat gesagt: // J. Simon van der Walt wrote:
From: Christian Klotz list_pd@deviation.de
open your terminal and type vi .pdrc or use any other texteditor (the .pdrc is located in your home folder and invisible)
So, I guess it must be somewhere else, called something else, on the mac build. Anyone?
You have to create it yourself. Pd doesn't create it, it's optional. If you didn't create one, then it's natural, that it doesn't exisit.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
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