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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Russell E. Owen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In article > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >
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