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

[DaleJ]

I have not installed the latest OSX version 10.9 yet even though it's free.  I'll wait till the first update I think.  There's always a few bugs in v. 1.  Wonder how Win folks like Windows 8?

The iOS is too restrictive I don't think it will replace OSX.

Dale, k9vuj

On 09, Nov 2013, at 8:51, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I thought you were responding to my dread of the day that IOS
> will appear on the desktop as a unification of all platforms.
> 
> 
>> I thought he was referring to a desktop.  iPad etc use a different type OS from my iMac, which I can access a type of Unix.
>> 
>> Dale, k9vuj
>> 
>> 
>> On 09, Nov 2013, at 7:52, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> IOS is what runs on iPhones and iPads.  There is no "terminal" and
>>> it is not at all like Unix.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Just go to terminal and you will be in a Unix environment.
>>>> 
>>>> Dale, k9vuj
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 08, Nov 2013, at 18:54, Alan Bomberger <ae7tu at waldenpond.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I dread the day when they decide that IOS should be the
>>>>> operating system across all platforms as that would blow away all
>>>>> real uses of Macs as computers.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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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