Changeset 2973

Timestamp:

03/24/2007 11:41:13 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

paul

Message:

Testing macFontScaling, which effectively increases the setting of a fontsize by
2 points on Mac, to compensate for platform differences.

Files:

• trunk/dabo/settings.py (modified) (1 diff)
• trunk/dabo/ui/uiwx/dFont.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/dabo/settings.py

@@ -81 +81 @@
-#        expect.)
-
+# macFontScaling: If you set a font to 10 pt it'll look medium-small on most
+# Windows and Linux screens. However, it will look very small on Mac because
+# of automatic conversion in OS X. 8pt fonts on Mac are barely even readable.
+# Set macFontScaling to True to make your fonts appear the same size on all 
+# platforms.
+macFontScaling = False  ## will default to True once tested.
+ 
-# When doing date calculations, displaying calendars, etc., this determines whether
-# 'Sunday' or 'Monday' is considered the beginning of the week

trunk/dabo/ui/uiwx/dFont.py

@@ -66 +66 @@
-
-    def _setSize(self, val):
+        if wx.Platform == "__WXMAC__" and dabo.settings.macFontScaling:
+            val = round(val / .75)
-        self._nativeFont.SetPointSize(val)
-        self._propsChanged()