Framers Digest, Vol 41, Issue 19

Tue Mar 24 15:36:34 PDT 2009

Here's a piece of the frame users digest get. Your friend did have a small bite this time. I thought changing screen res wouldn't work, but looks like she hasn't tried it ... 

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   6. Re: Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu 
      items on         the Solaris platform (Peter Gold) 
   7. Re: Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu 
      items        on        the Solaris platform (Sharon Veach) 

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Message: 3 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:30:38 -0700 
From: Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> 
Subject: Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu items 
        on the        Solaris platform 
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Message-ID: <49C7C73E.9020708 at sun.com> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 

Hi: 

Second try, more platform information. 
I am running Frame on a Solaris system on a GNOME desktop.  The GNOME 
desktop preferences fonts do not affect the font of anything in Frame - 
not the menus, 
not the default text size in the window, not the size of the initial 
Frame menu box. 

How can I increase the font size of menu items and dialog box fonts from 
within Frame? 

I can increase the font size where I type, but I am having difficulty 
seeing 
the fonts in dialog boxes. The File Open dialog box is particularly 
tricky, since 
it is the first one that comes up, and its font size is minute. 

In EPIC, you can pass the fonts to the application by running the 
following command 
in a shell: 

epic -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 

When I try that with Frame, the format of the font is not recognized: 

maker -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 

Frame returns the message: 
**Warning: Cannot convert string 
"encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:16" to type FontStruct ** 

So, what is the magic format where a font encoding is readable by Frame, 
and then Frame can turn it 
into a FontStruct that Frame recognizes? 

Thanx for any pointers, 
Sharon 

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Message: 6 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:28:54 -0500 
From: Peter Gold <peter at knowhowpro.com> 
Subject: Re: Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu 
        items on         the Solaris platform 
To: Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> 
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Message-ID: 
        <905e72990903231128j3b05733duaf733a30099e823f at mail.gmail.com> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 

Hi, Sharon: 

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> wrote: 
> Hi: 
> 
> Second try, more platform information. 
> I am running Frame on a Solaris system on a GNOME desktop. ?The GNOME 
> desktop preferences fonts do not affect the font of anything in Frame - 
> not the menus, 
> not the default text size in the window, not the size of the initial 
> Frame menu box. 
> 
> How can I increase the font size of menu items and dialog box fonts from 
> within Frame? 
> 
> I can increase the font size where I type, but I am having difficulty 
> seeing 
> the fonts in dialog boxes. The File Open dialog box is particularly 
> tricky, since 
> it is the first one that comes up, and its font size is minute. 
> 
> In EPIC, you can pass the fonts to the application by running the 
> following command 
> in a shell: 
> 
> epic -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 
> 
> When I try that with Frame, the format of the font is not recognized: 
> 
> maker -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 
> 
> Frame returns the message: 
> **Warning: Cannot convert string 
> "encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:16" to type FontStruct ** 
> 
> So, what is the magic format where a font encoding is readable by Frame, 
> and then Frame can turn it 
> into a FontStruct that Frame recognizes? 
> 
> Thanx for any pointers, 
> Sharon 
> _______________________________ 

Look for the PDF or .fm document "Customizing Frame Products" in the 
onlinemanuals directory in your FM installation tree. It may be in the 
fminit directory. I believe that Unix FM is the only FM version that 
permits customizing the fonts in dialog boxes. I may be wrong on this 
- it may only customize fonts in catalog titles, like Character Format 
catalog and Paragraph Format catalog, and menu titles and options. 

Many unix FM properties are configurable via x-resources. I seem to 
recall that an x-resource can set fonts. 

Another approach is to lower your screen resolution to show less real 
estate at a larger size. 

HTH 

Regards, 

Peter 
__________________ 
Peter Gold 
KnowHow ProServices 

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Message: 7 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:59:59 -0700 
From: Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> 
Subject: Re: Need to have larger fonts in dialog boxes and for menu 
        items        on        the Solaris platform 
To: peter at knowhowpro.com 
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
Message-ID: <49C7EA3F.4000800 at sun.com> 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 

Thanx a bunch - I'll find an X resources person here and locate the online 
manuals.  And I hadn't thought of lowering the screen resolution. 
Will try some stuff, Sharon 

Peter Gold wrote: 
> Hi, Sharon: 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Sharon Veach <sharon.read at sun.com> wrote: 
>   
>> Hi: 
>> 
>> Second try, more platform information. 
>> I am running Frame on a Solaris system on a GNOME desktop.  The GNOME 
>> desktop preferences fonts do not affect the font of anything in Frame - 
>> not the menus, 
>> not the default text size in the window, not the size of the initial 
>> Frame menu box. 
>> 
>> How can I increase the font size of menu items and dialog box fonts from 
>> within Frame? 
>> 
>> I can increase the font size where I type, but I am having difficulty 
>> seeing 
>> the fonts in dialog boxes. The File Open dialog box is particularly 
>> tricky, since 
>> it is the first one that comes up, and its font size is minute. 
>> 
>> In EPIC, you can pass the fonts to the application by running the 
>> following command 
>> in a shell: 
>> 
>> epic -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 
>> 
>> When I try that with Frame, the format of the font is not recognized: 
>> 
>> maker -font encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:14 
>> 
>> Frame returns the message: 
>> **Warning: Cannot convert string 
>> "encoding:iso88591-family:helvetica-size:16" to type FontStruct ** 
>> 
>> So, what is the magic format where a font encoding is readable by Frame, 
>> and then Frame can turn it 
>> into a FontStruct that Frame recognizes? 
>> 
>> Thanx for any pointers, 
>> Sharon 
>> _______________________________ 
>>     
> 
> Look for the PDF or .fm document "Customizing Frame Products" in the 
> onlinemanuals directory in your FM installation tree. It may be in the 
> fminit directory. I believe that Unix FM is the only FM version that 
> permits customizing the fonts in dialog boxes. I may be wrong on this 
> - it may only customize fonts in catalog titles, like Character Format 
> catalog and Paragraph Format catalog, and menu titles and options. 
> 
> Many unix FM properties are configurable via x-resources. I seem to 
> recall that an x-resource can set fonts. 
> 
> Another approach is to lower your screen resolution to show less real 
> estate at a larger size. 
> 
> HTH 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Peter 
> __________________ 
> Peter Gold 
> KnowHow ProServices 
>   

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