Thank you Nathan for spending time on this problem, which I understand is outside the scope of this forum. My hope was that you already had the solution. As you point out the central text panel can be fixed satisfactorily within Eclipse itself. Following your instructions, I now get 29 lines in the Navigation Panel. An updated screen dump is here: http://www.nabble.com/file/p12949184/ubuntu_sys_font_verdana7.jpg The system application font is set to Verdana 7 (comes with msttcorefonts). Changing the system app font seems to have shrunk also the Ubuntu menu bar, which is not a big deal. The vertical spacing of the menu bar, the tabs and the elements inside the lateral panels (Navigation and Outline) is excessive to the point of impairing usability. I'll try and find a more appropriate forum to ventilate the issue, and if any progress is made, I'll post here again. thanks again, Alan
melinate wrote: > > I did some testing of different settings to see what works best in Ubuntu. > I was surprised to find that there are very few fonts that have anywhere > near the line spacing as you can see in Windows. I sized my window to > match your screenshot and the closest I was able to come up with 29 lines > in the Package Explorer window. I got to 29 lines by changing my Gnome > "Application font" to FreeSans Medium 8pt. > > System > Preferences > Font > > In the process I discovered that the text editors in Eclipse set their > font based on Eclipse preferences, not system settings. I chose to make > it "Monospace 9pt" which seems to be very close to the same size as the > Windows font, but I think the Linux Monospace font is easier to read. > From Eclipse go to: > > Window > Preferences > General > Apperance > Colors and Fonts > Basic > > Text Font > > Hope that helps, > > Nathan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alanP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:01:12 PM (GMT-0800) > America/Los_Angeles > Subject: Re: [appfuse-user] Ubuntu fan despairs of ugly Eclipse on > widescreen laptop > > > Screen dumps are here (oops): > http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-fan-despairs-of-ugly-Eclipse-on-widescreen-laptop-tf4523618s2369.html#a12930159 > > melinate wrote: >> >> Interesting problem. My laptop is 1400x1050 and I haven't noticed any >> significant issues with Eclipse on Ubuntu as opposed to Windows [I >> previously had Windows and Eclipse installed on the same laptop]. Maybe >> you could post a link to a screen shot and we could compare? >> >> Nathan >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Matt Raible" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:02:33 AM (GMT-0800) >> America/Los_Angeles >> Subject: Re: [appfuse-user] Ubuntu fan despairs of ugly Eclipse on >> widescreen laptop >> >> I didn't write this page - Nathan Anderson did. Nathan - any advice? >> >> Matt >> >> On 9/26/07, alanP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Matt: >>> In your Maven for Newbies page you say: >>> ... At home I'm doing a different project on my Ubuntu laptop with Sun >>> Java >>> 1.6 and Eclipse 3.2 ... >>> >>> Me too, at home have Ubuntu and Eclipse 3.2 on laptop, but I'm reluctant >>> to >>> use it, because Eclipse is so wasteful of screen space, especially in >>> vertical (screen res 1280x800 resolution). Perhaps GTK is to blame, but >>> I >>> don't know how this works, or if it is configurable. >>> Have you had any success getting Eclipse to look like as nice as it does >>> on >>> Windows? >>> >>> regards, Alan >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-fan-despairs-of-ugly-Eclipse-on-widescreen-laptop-tf4523618s2369.html#a12905295 >>> Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> http://raibledesigns.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-fan-despairs-of-ugly-Eclipse-on-widescreen-laptop-tf4523618s2369.html#a12930161 > Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Ubuntu-fan-despairs-of-ugly-Eclipse-on-widescreen-laptop-tf4523618s2369.html#a12949184 Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
