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So in-order to ease your strain, increase the font size on Eclipse editors. To increase font size, Open Eclipse. Goto Window Preferences. As shown, Goto General Appearence Colors and Fonts. On the right panel Select Editor Font and click the Edit Button. Increase the font size on the new window and press Ok on both windows. The “Initialize setting with the following profile” option should have “Eclipse built-in” selected. And the “Open the edit dialog now” should also be selected. Now click “OK” to create your new format settings. You are now presented with the “Profile ‘name you selected’” box. There will be 8 tabs, named as follows. In the Preferences dialog: Select General Appearance Colorsand Fonts (1) in the left pane. Select Java Editor Text Font (2) in the center. Click Edit button in the right. Which font are you – ABAP developers using in code editor (either in SAP GUI SE38/SE80/SE24 or in Eclipse IDE)? I have done little research in other programming languages and I found that one of the most preffered non-default one is called Consolas. So I gave it a try and now I can say that it is great. It is one of the pre-installed fonts.

Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?

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Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190590]

Mon, 29 January 2007 18:31

Charlie Kelly
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Registered: July 2009

Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be changed?
If yes, how?
Thanks
Charlie

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190616 is a reply to message #190590]

Mon, 29 January 2007 18:38

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: wayne.beaton._NOSPAM_eclipse.org
Charle Kelly wrote:
> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be changed?
> If yes, how?
>
> Thanks
>
> Charlie
Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java >
Java Editor Text Font
HTH,
Wayne

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190621 is a reply to message #190616]

Mon, 29 January 2007 18:50

Charlie Kelly
Messages: 276
Registered: July 2009

Hi Wayne,
Worked perfectly.
Thanks
Charlie
Wayne Beaton wrote:
> Charle Kelly wrote:
>
>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be changed?
>> If yes, how?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Charlie
>
>
> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java >
> Java Editor Text Font
>
> HTH,
>
> Wayne

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190782 is a reply to message #190621]

Tue, 30 January 2007 14:31

Lorenzo Bettini
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Registered: July 2009
Location: Firenze, Italy

> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>
>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>
>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be changed?
>>> If yes, how?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>
>>
>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java
>> > Java Editor Text Font
>>
is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them to
be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
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Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190843 is a reply to message #190782]

Tue, 30 January 2007 18:05

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jacekp.siat.pl
Hi!
most of the fonts used in eclipse user interface are taken from OS. In
linux this means, you can change all fonts by modifying gtk
configuration. Search the internet for .gtkrc, it's quite often topic.
cheers
Jacek
Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
>> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>>
>>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be
>>>> changed?
>>>> If yes, how?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>
>>>
>>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java
>>> > Java Editor Text Font
>>>
>
> is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them to
> be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
>

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190875 is a reply to message #190843]

Tue, 30 January 2007 18:38

Charlie Kelly
Messages: 276
Registered: July 2009

Hi Jacek,
Thanks for your reply.
The reply that Wayne Beaton posted to my question yesterday, solved the
problem for me.
Charlie
Jacek Pospychala wrote:
> Hi!
> most of the fonts used in eclipse user interface are taken from OS. In
> linux this means, you can change all fonts by modifying gtk
> configuration. Search the internet for .gtkrc, it's quite often topic.
>
> cheers
> Jacek
>
> Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
>
>>> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be
>>>>> changed?
>>>>> If yes, how?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts >
>>>> Java > Java Editor Text Font
>>>>
>>
>> is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them
>> to be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
>>

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190968 is a reply to message #190843]

Wed, 31 January 2007 13:14

Lorenzo Bettini
Messages: 1784
Registered: July 2009
Location: Firenze, Italy

Jacek Pospychala wrote:
> Hi!
> most of the fonts used in eclipse user interface are taken from OS. In
> linux this means, you can change all fonts by modifying gtk
> configuration. Search the internet for .gtkrc, it's quite often topic.
>
> cheers
> Jacek
>
> Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
>>> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be
>>>>> changed?
>>>>> If yes, how?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts >
>>>> Java > Java Editor Text Font
>>>>
>>
>> is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them
>> to be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
>>
I'm using kde and not gnome, and I don't have such a file...
so it's not possible to change the overall font size from eclipse?
--
Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DSI, Univ. di Firenze
ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 (GNU/Linux User # 158233)
HOME: http://www.lorenzobettini.it MUSIC: http://www.purplesucker.com
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Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #190985 is a reply to message #190968]

Wed, 31 January 2007 13:29

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jacekp.siat.pl
Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
> Jacek Pospychala wrote:
>> Hi!
>> most of the fonts used in eclipse user interface are taken from OS. In
>> linux this means, you can change all fonts by modifying gtk
>> configuration. Search the internet for .gtkrc, it's quite often topic.
>>
>> cheers
>> Jacek
>>
>> Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
>>>> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be
>>>>>> changed?
>>>>>> If yes, how?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts >
>>>>> Java > Java Editor Text Font
>>>>>
>>>
>>> is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them
>>> to be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
>>>
>
> I'm using kde and not gnome, and I don't have such a file...
>
> so it's not possible to change the overall font size from eclipse?
>
Eclipse is compiled with gtk, so it requires gtk libs to run. That
doesn't mean you should switch to gnome :)
Essentially work that you have to do is to find, where the .gtkrc file
should be located and what should be inside.
Have a look at here, for similar problem, but with buttons:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-16083.html
And here an example gtkrc file:
http://dev.eclipse.org/newslists/news.eclipse.tools/msg37977 .html
let me know if you have any further questions
Jacek

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #191076 is a reply to message #190968]

Wed, 31 January 2007 15:25

Charlie Kelly
Messages: 276
Registered: July 2009

Hi Lorenzo,
What happens when you change Preferences as described below:
Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java >
Java Editor Text Font
Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Jacek Pospychala wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>> most of the fonts used in eclipse user interface are taken from OS. In
>> linux this means, you can change all fonts by modifying gtk
>> configuration. Search the internet for .gtkrc, it's quite often topic.
>>
>> cheers
>> Jacek
>>
>> Lorenzo Bettini napisał(a):
>>
>>>> Wayne Beaton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Charle Kelly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Can the size of the font used in the Java source code editor be
>>>>>> changed?
>>>>>> If yes, how?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts >
>>>>> Java > Java Editor Text Font
>>>>>
>>>
>>> is there a way to change all the fonts? In particular I'd like them
>>> to be smaller (e.g., in linux fonts are much bigger than in windows).
>>>
>
> I'm using kde and not gnome, and I don't have such a file...
>
> so it's not possible to change the overall font size from eclipse?
>

Re: Change font size in Java (source code) editor ?[message #191294 is a reply to message #191076]

Thu, 01 February 2007 11:14

Lorenzo Bettini
Messages: 1784
Registered: July 2009
Location: Firenze, Italy

Charle Kelly wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> What happens when you change Preferences as described below:
> Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Java >
> Java Editor Text Font
>
it only changes the size of the font of the text editor...
--
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