Re: default font for GUI on Windows systems

[Richard Crozier]

On 29/03/2013 16:46, Torsten wrote:
> On 29.03.2013 17:30, John W. Eaton wrote:
> > Your recent change
> > http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/4bb1b82076e5 sets the
> > default font in various places to be "Courier New".  Does that work for
> > you with the Windows terminal?  It does not work for me, I'm seeing the
> > cursor offset from the prompt if I use that.  OTOH, "Lucida Console"
> > does work for me.
> >
> > Also, it seems we have the literal string "Courier New" in many places.
> >   Maybe we should use a function or macro instead so that it only needs
> > to be set in one location?
> My intention was to take a font that is most likely available on all
> platforms. Before the changeset the default was "Courier" (not available
> on Linux AFAIK) or even just empty (e.g. for the terminal) resulting in
> a non monospaced font in the terminal. However, the added defaults only
> take effect if the related settings in the settings file is not found or
> is corrupt. Maybe we should provide different qt-settings files for
> different platforms.
>
> A macro would be better but I am working on a patch that allows the user
> to configure the lexer in more detail (i.e. set individual fonts, colors
> etc. for keywords, comments, ...). The "global" value for the editor
> font will become no more necessary.
>
> Torsten

How about shipping a backup font with the gui and using it as a fallback 
in the event that the other fonts are not available (e.g. Inconsolata or 
source sans). You don't have to register the font on the system to use 
it in your application, this worked with QtOctave.

Richard


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