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Re: Ubuntu fan despairs of ugly Eclipse on widescreen laptop
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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
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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:01:12 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
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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" <matt@...>
> To: users@...
> 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 <ralph.ellison@...> 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
>>
>>
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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" <ralph.ellison@...>
To: users@...
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" <matt@...>
> To: users@...
> 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 <ralph.ellison@...> 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
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