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Hi Graham,
On 22 September 2000 at 19:19:26 GMT +0100 (which was 19:19 where I
live) Graham wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Fixed or variable width? (was Re[2]: Karin and The Bat)":
G> As a responsible adult, I WANT to use proportional fonts. The Bat
G> is acting like "uncle" and preventing ME from doing so.
And how do you re-write all of TB paragraph handling and formatting
routines which absolutely *rely* on the font being fixed width? It's
not an "uncle" thing. It's the result of an implementation decision
taken three years ago which RIT labs are very much tied in to.
There is a clear requirement for choice but *not* in V1. It breaks too
many things that are absolutely *right* about the way V1 works within
itself.
You are at liberty to break the way V1 works (the freedom you crave)
with the now infamous registry hack that lets you use proportional
fonts. You did know about that, didn't you? Maybe not. Here it is
again:
(posted previously by Alexander V. Kisilev)
For if you _absolutely_ need variable- width font ..., you
can go and manually edit your registry, in particular, these
sections of it:
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\RIT\The Bat!\Editor\Font
HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\RIT\The Bat!\Rich Text
If you manually edit there the name of the font to be used,
The Bat! will obey... But be advised, that if, for example,
you write there "Arial", you'll hardly manage to read
anything:-)
G> It would not be so bad if most of the other software out there
G> acted like The Bat, but they don't. The Bat is non-standard in its
G> approach,
Being "different" is no sin. We all agree that proportionality has
its' place. That spot is not available in V1. The programmers have
seen this gripe from, oh, I'd guess at around 99.95% of *all* new
users. Seriously! *Everyone* says it. That's why the arguments against
it get so terse. Everyone's coming back with the reasons they have had
to adopt for /accepting/ it the way it is in the hope that you can
draw some comfort from one or other of them.
G> is irksome to me, and I'd like the choice.
What can I say? You've made your choice. You're using Becky <g>. To
use TB you would have to either hack the registry or live with the
mono fonts and wait for V2.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
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