Actually, I never even was able to articulate the fact that I have been suffering from the same issue! Running Eclipse 3.2 on Kubuntu and I just fixed the font size both in Kubuntu and Eclipse and voila, I have tons more room to see my code. Thank you !
On 9/28/07, alanP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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] > >
