Ok... I think I have a workaround that will allow us to ship with TCL/TK 8.5 (at last.....)
I've pushed a compiled Mac app and the source to my webpage and git-pushed. cheers Miller On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 12:38:44PM -0700, Miller Puckette wrote: > Sure enough - with TK 8.5, font sizes are no longer integers; the > "font metrics" command appears to return the next-higher integer > sizes (thus throwing off box sizes and messing up selecting text within > boxes). > > I'm not sure what to do - try to adapt Pd to deal with fractional font > sizes, or find some way to force TK 5 to use integer-sized fonts, or > just give up and use 8.4 for another cycle... > > Incidentally, 8.4 isn't yet building on my MacOS 10.6... maybe I can just > include the system-provided one :) > > M > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 11:22:35PM +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote: > > I've added a macOS 32bit 0.48.0-test1 build using the normal (old, > > included) Tk 8.4 wish: http://docs.danomatika.com/pdbuilds/ > > <http://docs.danomatika.com/pdbuilds/> > > > > >> On Jul 15, 2017, at 11:02 AM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at > > >> <mailto:pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at> wrote: > > >> > > >> I notice it looks quite differently in Mac OS, like there is a new font, > > >> but it still seems it is Monaco. But the font size is smaller and the > > >> boxes are thinner and wider. A subpatch will also have an extra space to > > >> the right after the text/name of the subpatch. > > > > > > You are seeing the retina rendering with a newer Tk, which still has > > > those font issues as the rendered box size does not quite fit the font. I > > > haven't been able to track down a fix yet. > > > > > > It's weird, though, as this shouldn't be the default yet and Pd should > > > still be using 8.4 which is pixelated on retina screens but has correct > > > object sizing. > > > > > > Miller, how did you build the mac distribution app? > > > > -------- > > Dan Wilcox > > @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> > > danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> > > robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list