Re: Default font swipl-win.exe

It would be nice to add a command to change the current font from a prolog  
program.
I know that is possible with XPCE but the "simple" Windows console is all  
what I need (for now!)

Marco

In data 03 gennaio 2014 alle ore 10:40:13, Jan Wielemaker  
<[email protected]> ha scritto:

> On 01/02/2014 07:55 PM, Marco Verpelli wrote:
>> Use the source! I forgot this advice.
>
> Yes.  Only, there are two swipl-win[.exe] at the moment: the old one  
> written
> by me for Windows and the new one written by Carlo using Qt.  The old
> one is still
> the one on Windows.  The new one is currently only the default for
> MacOS.  The
> source of the old one is in
>
> src/win32/console/console.c.  There we read the default as:
>
> 	b->hfont = GetStockObject(ANSI_FIXED_FONT);
>
> If not default, the properties are read from the registry and a font is
> created using CreateFontIndirect().
>
> Possibly the default is not a great idea for Unicode fonts.  If
> anyone knows a better way, please send a patch.
>
> 	Cheers --- Jan
>
>>
>> Marco
>>
>> In data 02 gennaio 2014 alle ore 19:24:14, Carlo Capelli
>> <[email protected]> ha scritto:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014/1/2 Marco Verpelli <[email protected]>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> can you tell me what is the default font for swipl-win.exe?
>>>
>>>
>>> in Preferences.cpp there is the initialization line
>>>
>>> console_font = value("console_font", QFont("courier",
>>> 12)).value<QFont>();
>>>
>>> If I open the Settings\Font... dialog in Ubuntu, I can select the
>>> matching entry: Courier 10 Pitch
>>>
>>> HTH Carlo
>>>
>>>> Trying to display unicode characters I have changed the font and now
>>>> I am unable to reset to default.
>>>>
>>>> TY
>>>>
>>>> Marco
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