[PyKDE] eric3 default font can't be changed!

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Donnerstag 20 Oktober 2005 04:52 schrieb S Brown:
> The usual way of changing the default font in eric3 doesn't seem to be
> working.
>
> I select
>
> Preferences->Editor->Highlighting Style->Python->Default
>
> and then change the font colour or font itself and nothing changes in the
> editor.
>
> Now the weird thing is that I *am* able to change any of the other syntax
> elements... I can make Keywords appear in orange, or change the font of a
> Comment Block. It's just the "Default" option which doesn't seem to work.
>
> There's one little clue which may help identify exactly what's going
> wrong. If I change the background colour of the default font then that
> colour appears in the spaces *between* words. The words themselves don't
> change font or background colour, but all the spaces around them are
> recognised and have the new default background colour applied.
>
> Any idea what's going on? It's as if the parser isn't recognising the text
> as "Default", or else the font is being overridden.
>
> I'm using Eric 3.6.2 and Qt 3.3.4. BTW, changing the qtconfig fonts
> doesn't have any affect either.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Cheers, Solly
>

Actually you are changing the default font, as you have noticed while changing 
the background of it. What you also noticed is, that everything else belongs 
to one of the other categories. That is, why you don't see a change.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
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