Re: Can't Set Default Window Size or Font

Michael Zimmerman wrote:

>
> Thanks for the suggestion, Jim, but it doesn't work for me. I tried
> both copying/renaming the new file and cutting and pasting its
> contents to the existing normal.awt, but no joy. Maybe this is a
> Linux-Mac difference, even though Mac OS X is really Unix in disguise.
>
> You inspired me, however, to have a look at the normal.awt file in a
> text editor. It has many parameters, mostly incomprehensible, but the
> font and font size are specified there, so I tried changing them
> manually. That worked, not surprisingly, but I can't figure out which
> parameter defines the window size. So the good news is I have my
> preferred default font and font size now. The bad news is the window
> is still too small for useful legibility.
>
> It seems to me that AbiWord's inability to change these very basic
> defaults for new documents is a serious flaw, although I can find no
> bug report on it. And, of course, having to make changes in normal.awt
> with a text editor is ridiculous -- just as it's ridiculous to have to
> change the window size every time the application opens. I guess this
> is a minor annoyance to most users (since nobody seems to care except
> you and me), but it definitely sours the AbiWord experience for me.
>
> Mike
>
The normal.awt file is simply a template for the default document. It
can be opened and the "Normal" style within it edited in AbiWord - there
is usually no need for a text editor. "Sum1"'s instructions earlier
explain how to do that.

As for the window size, that would not be stored there, since it's not
generally a property of the document (correct me if I'm wrong, devs).
The most likely place for that would be the AbiWord.Profile file in the
.abisuite2 (or similar) directory in your home folder (not sure where it
is placed in Mac OS X). It may be that there is a bug regarding window
size recall on Mac OS X, please check bugzilla.abisource.com, and file
it if it does not exist.

Thanks for using AbiWord!

Ryan

> On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:04 AM, Jim Hettmer wrote:
>
>> Michael Zimmerman wrote:
>>
>>> I want the width of the default window to be about twice what
>>> AbiWord thinks it should be, so a 10-point font will be legible at
>>> page-width zoom. ...............
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>> I found (Linux) a root-owned normal.awt. So I copied it to
>> normal.awt-was and opened abi and arranged all my settings and saved
>> it, and copied the result to the root-owned normal.awt. Surely it
>> shouldn't have worked, but amazingly it did, and I start with exactly
>> what I wanted.
>> <snip>
>
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