[Ham-Mac] WSJT-X OS/X font size
Alan Bomberger
ae7tu at waldenpond.com
Sat Nov 9 18:06:37 EST 2013
Good, I have been away from Apple for too many years. One can hope, then
that when they move the user interface on Desktops and Laptops to IOS
they will leave the Unix functions exposed so that we can continue to
use them as computers (and run Ham software). Sorry for the off
topic discussion. [I worked at Apple during the transition to X and
finally made the transition myself after OS 9 was no longer supported on
new hardware]
IOS today is for ARM chips. One wonders if they will make IOS multi-platform
or put ARM chips into Laptops and Desktops forcing developers to redo
many applications... Sigh. I will keep running 10.6 until it is no
longer possible. Chips aren't going to get much faster any time soon so
new computers aren't really necessary.
Thanks for the information!!! It makes me feel better and delays my
transition to Linux platforms (I like Mac OS interfaces, though Linux
window desktops are pretty good.)
>Actually it is. OS X and iOS are both based on Darwin, which is a
>variant of BSD Unix. In other words both have the same underpinnings.
>
>iOS has much of the user access removed for utilities such as
>terminal for security reasons. But rest assured, iOS is
>definitely a flavor of Unix. Just a few months after Mac OS X
>started shipping, Apple took over the crown of the leader
>in shipping Unix installations. They have been expanding it ever
>since with just about every major product they ship.
>
>Note that Unix is the underlying operating system. The user
>generally interacts with the User Interface, which can be one of a
>number
>of things based on the OS release. Sun Solaris, another BSD variant
>had several, including Motif, Open Look, CDE and others. All
>allowed access to terminal-type utilities, but only by choice. Apple
>has chosen to disallow access to those in iOS in order to better
>protect the user. As hackers who have jailbroken iOS can attest, the
>facilities are still there...
>
>Jack Brindle, W6FB
>
>
>On Nov 9, 2013, at 5:52 AM, 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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