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I use a monospace font for editing AutoIt scripts in SciTE (currently, CourierNew 9pt). Regardless of what font size I set in the configuration, when I start SciTE to resume editing the script text is one size smaller than I specified. When I type Ctrl+<numpad-slash> the text changes to the desired size. The same is true of the output pane, and I have to reset the size for both areas every time I start SciTE.

IIRC, I've made few other changes to the configuration (e.g., changed the search highlight color and disabled Tidy), so this behavior seems odd. About SciTE says it's version 3.6.0 (Aug. 4, 2015).

Any idea how to fix this?

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I set the font from Tools > SciTE Config > General 1 tab's monospace font Change button, followed by Save+Apply. In the most recent config change, I set the font to Inconsolata 10. I also changed some of the editor colors and the number of backups (in addition to some previous changes), and save-applied.

When I start SciTE and check the config, the General 1 tab shows the monospace font set to Inconsolata 10, but the script and output text are the wrong size until I reset them (Ctrl+<numpad-slash>).

The %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\SciTEUser.properties file (with personal info redacted):

font.base=font:Arial,size:10,$(font.override)
font.monospace=font:Inconsolata,size:10
backup.files=2
proper.case=1
error.inline=1
highlight.current.word=1
highlight.current.word.by.style=1
highlight.current.word.autoselectword=0
highlight.current.word.wholeword=0
highlight.current.word.matchcase=0
highlight.current.word.minlength=3
use.tabs=1
indent.size=4
indent.size.*.au3=4
tabsize=4
style.au3.32=style.*.32=$(font.base),back:#E7E7E7
caret.line.back=#FFFD99
caret.line.back.alpha=256
selection.fore=#000000
selection.alpha=70
selection.back=#00FF00
style.error.1=fore:#FF0000,back:#FFFF00
style.error.2=fore:#FFFFFF,back:#FF0000
highlight.current.word.colour=#00FF00
indicators.alpha=63
calltips.set.above=0
style.au3.38=fore:#050505,back:#FFFFC8
calltips.color.highlight=#FF0000
visible.policy.strict=1
visible.policy.lines=0
style.au3.34=fore:#0000FF,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.35=fore:#008000,italics,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.0=fore:#000000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.1=fore:#008000,italics,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.2=fore:#008000,italics,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.3=fore:#0000FF,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.4=fore:#000090,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.5=fore:#0000FF,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.6=fore:#808000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.7=fore:#FF0000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.8=fore:#FF8000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.9=fore:#000000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.10=fore:#808080,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.11=fore:#808000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.12=fore:#DC143C,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.13=fore:#FF0000,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.14=fore:#993399,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.15=fore:#0080FF,back:#E7E7E7
style.au3.16=fore:#0080FF,back:#E7E7E7
command.name.19.*=
command.name.33.*=
openpath.$(au3)=$(SciteDefaultHome)\..\include;C:\Users\%USERNAME%\%PROJECT%\%PROJECT%-sw\src
command.name.9.$(au3)=
calltip.*.use.escapes=1
command.19.beta=
command.33.beta=
title.full.path=1

 

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Did you make any modification to SciTEGlobal.properties as that uses the "font.monospace" settings?

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Yes, I did. I think the only change I made to SciTEGlobal.properties was to show the Output pane by default and to set its size; I made that change long after the font-size problem appeared.

SciTEGlobal.properties modification fragment:

:
:
#output.horizontal.size=200
#output.vertical.size=60
#output.initial.hide=1
output.horizontal.size=200
output.vertical.size=150
output.initial.hide=0
:
:

 

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I see the same happening, where the font size changes when typing Ctrl+/, but have difficulty to properly determine which font size each is.
Needs some more investigation.

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Yes. It looks to me like the initially-displayed font is the next smaller one within the list of available sizes, but that's just based on trying out different typefaces and sizes. My vision isn't sharp enough to say with any real certainty what is being displayed. :) I wish I could select some text and display its properties, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do that.

Edited by tremolux66

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The Ctrl+ ; Ctrl- ; Ctrl/ are controlling zooming and not really the Font size directly. 
I don't know why yet but it looks like SciTE starts one click below the regular 100% zoom level at startup.

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Ok... found the issue. The SciTEGlobal contains:

magnification=-1

Which does what I described in the previous post namely setting the zoomlevel one click lower.

Put this in your SciTEUSer.properties and all is fine:

magnification=0

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Somehow I uncommented those 2 lines in the SciTEGlobal.properties in my distribution, but will fix that for the next version. :)

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50 minutes ago, Jos said:

Somehow I uncommented those 2 lines in the SciTEGlobal.properties in my distribution, but will fix that for the next version. :)

Jos

 

45 minutes ago, tremolux66 said:

Great!

When I fixed the setting just now, I didn't notice

output.magnification=-1

but sorted it out quickly. (Had to change the Output pane size anyway.)

 

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