On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Henrique Andrade wrote: > 2011/10/10 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> > > (...) > > So... I've now built a new GTK+.framework myself, on 10.6.8. >> >> I'd be grateful if people could test this build. > > Dear Allin, I installed the new GTK+ on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (or > Mac OS X 10.6) and Gretl didn't crash. But I noticed some > differences between the new and the old GTK+. > > The first difference is related with the number of fonts available for use > with Gretl (via GUI, Main window -> Tools -> Preferences -> Fixed font or > Menu font): > > New GTK+ > Number of fonts available for gretl output windows: 12 > Number of fonts available for menus and labels: 43 > > Old GTK+ > Number of fonts available for gretl output windows: 25 > Number of fonts available for menus and labels: 233 > > The second difference is the look 'n' feel of Gretl windows. Please take a > look at the attached files Old GTK.png and New GTK.png. IMHO the old one is > the best. > > The third difference is the gnuplot graphs. Please take a look at the > attached files Old GTK (gnuplot graph).png and New GTK (gnuplot graph).png. > I used exactly the same command to generate these files.
Thanks, this is useful. I'd agree that the appearance of the fonts is not great (they look somewhat better on my Macbook). I'll see what I can do about that. Allin
