Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Matt Barber wrote: > >>> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:02:05 -0400 >>> From: marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: [PD] Idiomatic Pd >>> To: [email protected] >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >>> >>> I am quite pedantic in regard to spacing and aligning of objects. I >>> started to space all objects using ctrl+arrow keys. that way all >>> objects >>> are spaced like on a grid and always a multiple of 10px away of >>> each other. >>> I don't know if that should go into a style guide, but for "official" >>> patches like tutorials it could be considered. >> Yes, I am this way too -- but with font sizes sometimes being >> different from one platform to the next, and even between extended and >> vanilla, it's really hard to ensure that things will line up sweetly >> every time you open it, everywhere. > > If font sizes are indeed different on Pd-extended, then that's a > bug. From all my tests, they are pixel-accurate on all three > platforms since 0.39.3. You might have the problem where Tcl/Tk > can't load the fonts properly on GNU/Linux, which is addressed in > this FAQ: > > http://puredata.info/docs/faq/on-gnu-linux-the-fonts-are-strange-and- > or-too-big-or-small > > Otherwise, if you are indeed seeing different font/pixel sizes with > Pd-extended 0.40.3 then please file a bug report with as much detail > as possible and an example patch. > > .hc
hans, I think matt was referring to font differences _on vanilla_ bet. different platforms. and font differences bet pdx and vanilla. but english is not my first language, maybe I am wrong... marius. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
