[Ham-Mac] WSJT-X OS/X font size

[Kristen A. McIntyre]

Jack is correct.  OSX and TextEdit can deal with plain text files just fine.  If the file doesn't end in .txt, just try dragging it on to TextEdit.  Chances are it will open.  TextEdit will even preserve oddball line terminations like CRLF, etc.  There are also emacs and vi installed, if you want to use them.  Xcode can, of course, read and edit all file formats.

On Nov 8, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Jack Brindle <jackbrindle at me.com> wrote:

> Wait a minute. Apple has _no_ problems with plain text files. Remember, OS X is Unix, which means Line-feed character line terminators. Windows uses the two character set of CR and LF as terminators.
> 
> But, there are a lot of plain text files that are in use within OS X systems, including code source files.
> 
> Look at whatever program you are using for any problems in this area.
> 
> There are several very good text editors available for the Mac, including the built-in vim editor, which is the decedent of vi, and available in the terminal. Look for the free program TextWrangler from Bare Bones Software on the Mac App Store. It is an excellent text editor with lots of features, perhaps too many. It should edit whatever text files you have, and will even do line termination conversion between Unix/OS X and Windows files.
> 
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
> 
> 
> On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Ken <wa8jxm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Cliff,
>> 
>> Yes, I believe that was the problem.   AFAIK Apple refuses to allow simple plain text files.  TextEdit apparently corrupted the file even when I specified TXT.  I finally got a simple working file with OpenOffice and specifying a simple text file.
>> 
>> So far, it seems to be working.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> On Nov 7, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Clifford Hynds wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ken,
>>> 
>>> No problems here, one thing to check is that it is a pure text file some
>>> editors add extras
>>> 
>>> my 2 cents anyway
>>> Cliff
>>> VK2CCJ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Ken <wa8jxm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I'm just starting with WSJT-X. I have it working (most of the time) but
>>>> the font size is almost impossible to read.
>>>> 
>>>> The latest documentation says to create a fonts.txt file with four numbers
>>>> in it for larger font size.  Whenever I do that, WSJT-X crashes immediately
>>>> on startup.   From the searching I've done, I'm not the only one with this
>>>> problem.  I have not found any solutions.
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know how to successfully increase the font size of WSJT-X on a
>>>> Mac?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks and 73,
>>>> Ken WA8JXM
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