PE: Making the editor window text bigger?

[Grogster]

Hi - is there any way to make the code in the editor window bigger?
I find it is often too small and hard to see - for me, anyway.

I looked in the options under editor tab, and all the other tabs too, but could not find any font or text size options.

Is there any way to change this?

 

[westaust55]

This question has been put forward previously and hopefully may be actioned in PE6.

See these older threads for some of the past requests and work arounds:
http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?9589-Editor-question-(font-size)&highlight=editor font
http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?6936-Programming-Editor-Fonts&highlight=courier

 

[Grogster]

Cheers for the links, mate.

 

[nick12ab]

I don't see what the problem is - there's a drop down box just above the text editing area that allows you to pick the font size - it defaults to 10 but there's also 12, 16 and 20 on the list.

 

[Grogster]

So there is - Feck.

Did not even see that - probably due to the eyesight as mentioned above.

Thanks - that fixed the problem completely - can't understand how I did not see that.... D'OH!!!

 

[Technical]

This is already in PE6, you can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+0 through to Ctrl+9 for font size 10 to 19.
In PE5 use the drop down as Nick points out.

 

[inglewoodpete]

Hey! Technical actually used the term "PE6" in a post!

But no mention of a general release date.

 

[SAborn]

This is already in PE6, you can use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+0 through to Ctrl+9 for font size 10 to 19.

Any reason you did not use Ctrl+and Ctrl- for these functions as most window based programs currently use of present, It would seem a logical function to adapt with current formats.

 

[John West]

Don't feel too bad, Grogster. It was two months before I learned the manuals were to be found within the PE, (then they weren't.)

It was a year before I read that I could just click on a topic in the PE and it would take me right there. I'd been tediously scrolling down to the correct page. Duh. Then when I open other PDF's, I now click on the index topics out of habit, and nothing happens. Just can't win. Life is consistently inconsistent.

 

[Hemi345]

What about an option to change the font to something else? Like the smoother syntax-friendly "Consolas".

 

[Technical]

Any reason you did not use Ctrl+and Ctrl- for these functions as most window based programs currently use of present, It would seem a logical function to adapt with current formats.

Yes, it does that too.

What about an option to change the font to something else? Like the smoother syntax-friendly "Consolas".

PE6 has a powerful syntax colouring settings editor so you can choose any default font, size or colour for the different lexem types - even underlining if you want! The choice is yours.

 

[nick12ab]

What about an option to change the font to something else? Like the smoother syntax-friendly "Consolas".

Looks like you have to use the RTF mode. There's a font drop down box in colour syntax mode but it's disabled.

AXEpad has colour syntax and font selection.

 

[JimPerry]

Ahh - Hemm so when is PE6 being released?

 

[Buzby]

Ahh - Hemm so when is PE6 being released?

My guess is at the same time as the X3 chips !.

 

[papaof2]

Release date wouldn't happen to be April 1?