On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Mike Lawrence wrote: > I tried poking at the source code again and I guess I didn't try hard > enough the first time because this time I found that changing the > default font is trivial: > > In files "RConsoleController.m" & "RController.m", change all instances of > NSFont userFixedPitchFontOfSize:currentFontSize > to > NSFont fontWithName:@"Menlo-Regular" size:currentFontSize >
If you want to mess with the sources it's much easier - just add [NSFont setUserFixedPitchFont: [NSFont fontWithName:@"Menlo-Regular" size:12]]; anywhere in the startup - you don't need to change the font retrieval at all since it is already defined such that it gets your current default font. Cheers, Simon > Mike > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Mike Lawrence <mike.lawre...@dal.ca> wrote: >> Hi Simon, >> >> Thanks for the reply. Indeed, I had already noticed in the source that >> the app was simply asking the system for its default fixed width font. >> I've searched for how to change this default but come up with nothing >> (searched system preferences, fontbook, google, etc). Any suggestions? >> >> Mike >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Simon Urbanek >> <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 23, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Mike Lawrence wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks, >>>> >>>> Sorry if this has been asked already, but I couldn't find any references >>>> to it in the list archives. Is there any way to change the default font of >>>> the mac GUI? If I open the app I can change the size of the font and this >>>> change persists even if I close and re-open the app, but changes in the >>>> font itself do not persist. I've played around with the source code, but >>>> can't seem to find what I'd need to modify to set a new default font (14pt >>>> Menlo, for example). >>>> >>> >>> Currently there is no way to change the font family - it is always left to >>> the system to specify the font, GUI is just asking for fixed-width font. It >>> is the default font for a given user so in theory by changing the default >>> fixed width font for your account you will also change it in the GUI. You >>> could add it to the wish list, though. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Simon >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>> R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Lawrence >> Graduate Student >> Department of Psychology >> Dalhousie University >> >> Looking to arrange a meeting? Check my public calendar: >> http://tr.im/mikes_public_calendar >> >> ~ Certainty is folly... I think. ~ >> > > > > -- > Mike Lawrence > Graduate Student > Department of Psychology > Dalhousie University > > Looking to arrange a meeting? Check my public calendar: > http://tr.im/mikes_public_calendar > > ~ Certainty is folly... I think. ~ > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
