On Friday, November 8, 2013 4:08:27 PM UTC+1, Jacob Peck wrote:
>
>  On 11/8/2013 10:00 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote:
>  
> On Friday, November 8, 2013 2:26:58 PM UTC+1, Edward K. Ream wrote: 
>>
>>
>> On Friday, November 8, 2013 7:00:44 AM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> > I totally agree. In fact, these were the changes that I immediately 
>> made. Especially, the font size was way too small.
>>
>> This bad first impression may have turned a lot of people away from Leo 
>> right at the start.  Correcting this could make a surprisingly big 
>> difference.
>>
>> I have now disabled @data qt-gui-plugin-style-sheet in 
>> myLeoSettings.leo.  The result is that I am now continuously testing the 
>> corresponding setting in leoSettings.leo.
>>
>> Edward
>>  
>
> Even better than this, could you please make some of those settings more 
> accessible? For instance, you could make the font size of the main panes 
> accessible from the menu. From my very limited experience (just a few 
> days), Leo's settings are terribly complicated, and entering into those 
> setting files is like entering into a jungle. It is very discouraging!
> I had to post help requests on this forum just for changing the font type 
> and sizes. This does not look right. It is far from user-friendly.
> My request concerns only the most commonly used settings, of course.
>  
> Perhaps something like:
>
> @string body-font-face = DejaVu Sans Mono
> @string body-font-size = 14pt
> @string log-font-face = DejaVu Sans Mono
> @string log-font-size = 14pt
> @string outline-font-face = DejaVu Sans Mono
> @string outline-font-size = 14pt
>
> Should be handled by the @data qt-gui-plugin-style-sheet parsing code?  
> That would be awesome, in my opinion -- actually, allowing any 
> '@yoursettinghere' (which searches for either a @color or @string) in 
> qt-gui-plugin-style-sheet would make the stylesheet wayyyy more usable and 
> Leonine.
>
> -->Jake
>

Well, to be even more explicit, I would prefer (as a newbie) not having to 
do at all with something called @data qt-gui-plugin-style-sheet!! What I 
mean is that SOME all those highly technical entries in the settings file 
should be made accessible from the menus in a humanly understandable way. 
 

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