Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
I agree. Cntl/Cmd +/- font sizing works in turtledemo within sensible limits.
The code could be copied.
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Mark Roseman added the comment:
Agree about the font resizing menu items/shortcuts... your original #17642
remains open for this
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Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
FWIW, I would also like a pair of hotkeys, Cmd + and Cmd - to increase and
decrease the font (this would greatly improve usability for font size changes).
There is good precedent for this in other editors and terminal programs.
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Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
The side-by-side part I obviously like, but I think we need to keep 'Base
Editor Font' since this and only this is affected by the selection. I think
there should be an option to increase the 'other' font used for everything else.
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Mark Roseman added the comment:
What do you think of the layout in cfg_font_layout.png? (before/after)
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New submission from Raymond Hettinger:
A recurring issue with students using IDLE is the user interface for the fonts
and tabs preference settings.
* The default setting of 4 space tabs is a good default, but the giant slider
cries out to be moved (usually when people are intending to
Terry J. Reedy added the comment:
I agree that this tab needs an overhall.
Existing issues would be part of this:
17642 Font resizing hot keys (not sure about this)
14440 Use multiple alphabets in example (definitely)
Other ideas that I remember:
* Enlarge dialog box as needed (it already
