[REBOL] Re: Changing font size in built-in editor
From: dukeofperl:ml1 at: 9-Nov-2010 8:43
On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Henrik Mikael Kristensen wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Duke Normandin <dukeofperl-ml1.net> wrote:
> >
> > How do I change the font size in the built-in editor? It also needs
> > anti-aliasing. Is there a system-wide config file?
>
> The built-in editor is created in VID, which is a very sparse UI
> toolkit. While easy to use at first, you might run into limitations
> quickly.
>
> Anti-aliasing is not possible, due to the View architecture in REBOL 2.
>
> Font-size can be clumsily changed by:
>
> 1. type: editor ""
>
> 2. quit the editor
>
> 3. ctx-edit/t1/font/size: 16
>
> 4. type editor ""
>
> You probably want to use a different editor. :-)
Thanks for the work-around! I "live" mostly in emacs, so I'm not
homeless ;) In "View" the built-in editor was simply handy. What would
be cool, is if a person could use an external editor within "View".
--
Duke
