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Re: GUI size on different screens [message #51455]

Sat, 25 November 2006 09:58

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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lory writes:

> How can I find which font and which character size are used by default
> (before changing it)?

You can't. :-(

(I put this out more as a challenge than as a statement of fact.
But, I have never discovered how to do it reliably.)

> My code should run under different OS, with
> different "system" font, and I would change only the size of the
> characters.

If you want your code to run under different operating systems,
leave fonts ALONE! Don't muck with them. Let the users use the
fonts they want to use. You are going down a path here that leads
to complete ruin and frustration!

> Another question: I do not fully understand the string you assigned to
> default_font, could you explain all the modifiers? The description of
> default_font in the IDL help is very short ...

This explanation will help only for users with a particular operating
system and for users who have this particular font installed. (Some
will and some, for whatever inexplicable reason, will not.) Take
everything you learn with a grain of salt, and IGNORE ALL ADVICE.
Leave fonts ALONE!

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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[Message index]

		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Sat, 25 November 2006 09:58
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: lory on Sat, 25 November 2006 09:49
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: lory on Fri, 24 November 2006 08:44
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Allan Whiteford on Fri, 24 November 2006 01:40
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: David Fanning on Thu, 23 November 2006 18:31
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: greg michael on Thu, 23 November 2006 11:29
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Braedley on Thu, 23 November 2006 10:58
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: Mike[2] on Mon, 27 November 2006 13:56
		Re: GUI size on different screens By: lory on Mon, 27 November 2006 12:12

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