Don't blame yourself, CL. JQt is still in Beta. This is just the sort of rough-edge that beta testing is supposed to reveal.
Why did j6 work out of the box? Pure luck. Plus the fact there were fewer suitable fonts back in those days. And you could more-or-less depend on the commoner platforms having them. Today it seems it's in nobody's interest to agree on a universal core collection of "good" (fixed-width) fonts. Else there'd be no market for new fonts. Why use anything else than Courier? Anyway, j6 didn't work "out of the box" -- not if you were typesetting a book on J. In APWJ -- http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/At%20Play%20With%20J we gave up on pretty box corners and only used "+-" ... 9!:6'' +++++++++|- 1 2;3 +---+-+ |1 2|3| +---+-+ Otherwise, whether you got good or bad box corners depended on where in the world Lulu.com printed your copy of the book! On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:14 AM, CL Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. JVERSION > Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 > > Library: 8.01.011 > > Qt IDE: 1.0.7 > > Platform: Win 64 > > Installer: j801 beta install > > 2.I don't see Menlo font installed. Yes, it's my trouble, and I'm a stupid > user, but why it's working out of box in J6, J7-gtk and jconsole, instead > not in jQt? > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I disagree. > > > > But there's no way of telling whether you are using the same display font > > that I am, unless you are prepared to disclose the same details I did in > my > > previous post... > > > > > > 1. In JQt, choose menu Edit > Configure > Qt Ide > > Locate the section headed: [Session] > > > > On my computer this shows: > > > > FontFamily=Menlo > > > > FontSize=14 > > > > Check you have actually got the font "Menlo" installed, that it is > > up-to-date and not corrupted, and that you can display it at fontsize 14 > > (Use your favourite word processor, and copy/paste your "unpleasant" box > > display into it for comparison purposes). Because if you haven't got > > "Menlo" installed then your computer will substitute another font and > > there's no easy way to find out what it's given you. That may be the > cause > > of your trouble, because it may have lousy box-corners. > > > > 2. Enter the following in JQt > > > > JVERSION > > > > On my computer, this shows: > > > > Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 > > > > Library: 8.01.011 > > > > Qt IDE: 1.0.9 > > > > Platform: Darwin 64 > > > > Installer: j801 beta install > > > > InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 > > > > I rather suspect your trouble is the fault of the display font you are > > using, not JQt as such. Have you tried using the same display font in JQt > > that you are using in j602? > > Menu: Edit > Configure --will tell you what that is. > > > > Post back the information I've ask for. Unless I know at least the > platform > > you are using, I can't help you. Because I will need to reproduce what > you > > are seeing -- and different platforms need different solutions. > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:41 AM, CL Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > have you seen the difference of look if comparing with j6 and even j7 > > gtk? > > > do you call them boxes? I think they are unpleasant lines and segments. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > works ok for me. > > > > Don't you mean j602? > > > > Are you using a fixed-width font in the "Term" window? > > > > > > > > open '~config/qtide.cfg' > > > > > > > > [Session] > > > > ... > > > > FontFamily=Menlo > > > > > > > > FontSize=14 > > > > > > > > 1 ; 2 3 > > > > > > > > ┌─┬───┐ > > > > > > > > │1│2 3│ > > > > > > > > └─┴───┘ > > > > > > > > 1 2 ; 3 > > > > > > > > ┌───┬─┐ > > > > > > > > │1 2│3│ > > > > > > > > └───┴─┘ > > > > > > > > JVERSION > > > > > > > > Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 > > > > > > > > Library: 8.01.011 > > > > > > > > Qt IDE: 1.0.9 > > > > > > > > Platform: Darwin 64 > > > > > > > > Installer: j801 beta install > > > > > > > > InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 2:31 AM, CL Jason <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > it seems boxed display in jqt 8 is not as good as j604: > > > > > 1 2 ;3 > > > > > > > > > > ┌───┬─┐ > > > > > > > > > > │1 2│3│ > > > > > > > > > > └───┴─┘ > > > > > > > > > > 1;2 3 > > > > > > > > > > ┌─┬───┐ > > > > > > > > > > │1│2 3│ > > > > > > > > > > └─┴───┘ > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
