screen resolution in WINEDT

[Norbert Wermes]

I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display.
I am running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under MAC OS).
Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that I cannot read the characters anymore.
I know how to change this in the MAC system, but I failed so far to find the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not restrict to the text but is also in the task bars.
This is of course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly severe for the WINEDT screen.
Thanks in advance for advice.
Norbert

[WinEdt Team]

Norbert,

I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display. I am
running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under
MAC OS). Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that
I cannot read the characters anymore. I know how to change this in
the MAC system, but I failed so far to find the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not
restrict to the text but is also in the task bars. This is of
course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly severe
for the WINEDT screen. Thanks in advance for advice.

I know nothing about PARALLELS but high-resolution displays are
now making their way into PC notebooks as well and automatic
dpi-awareness of WinEdt has become an imperative.

Next week WinEdt 8.2 will be released and this version is 100%
dpi-aware (it automatically adjusts controls, toolbar, TeX Symbols,
fonts, etc... to a higher resolution (magnification) Windows
settings without any scaling). WinEdt 7 is NOT dpi-aware while
WinEdt 8.1 IS but it requires some manual modification to settings
(like Toolbar buttons and image size) and it does not adjust TeX
Symbols GUI control. WinEdt 8.2 does all this automatically...

However, for this to work Windows magnification has to be set to
200% in the control panel. New laptops with 192dpi displays come
with such setting by default. I am not sure if you will have to
change anything in PARALLELS to ensure that Windows applications
adjust to high resolution.

On Windows, non dpi-aware applications (like WinEdt 7) are
automatically scaled by Windows. But this makes them look
"blurry".

If you want I can send you a link to (32 or 64-bit -- which one?)
of WinEdt 8.2 -- it is pretty much ready for the official release
(pending some updates on our web page). You may (or possibly not)
still have to adjust some setting in PARALLELS -- that part I
cannot help you with. But WinEdt 8.2 should act like other
dpi-aware Windows applications...

Best regards,

alex

[Norbert Wermes]

Hi Alex,
thanks for the WINEDT 8.2 offer.
I am usually a bit careful with very fresh releases, rightly so ... having waited a bit before moving from
WINEDT 6 to 7. It is about time to change to WINEDT 8, though.
Anyway, I needed some days until I had my settings right as they were before.
This is to say, that I cannot afford to act as a guinney-pig at the moment as I have to finish something
important very soon. I'd rather switch back to the old computer.
Would you think that the transition will be without any problems?
Norbert

Post by WinEdt Team
Norbert,

I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display. I am
running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under
MAC OS). Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that
I cannot read the characters anymore. I know how to change this in
the MAC system, but I failed so far to find the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not
restrict to the text but is also in the task bars. This is of
course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly severe
for the WINEDT screen. Thanks in advance for advice.

I know nothing about PARALLELS but high-resolution displays are
now making their way into PC notebooks as well and automatic
dpi-awareness of WinEdt has become an imperative.
Next week WinEdt 8.2 will be released and this version is 100%
dpi-aware (it automatically adjusts controls, toolbar, TeX Symbols,
fonts, etc... to a higher resolution (magnification) Windows
settings without any scaling). WinEdt 7 is NOT dpi-aware while
WinEdt 8.1 IS but it requires some manual modification to settings
(like Toolbar buttons and image size) and it does not adjust TeX
Symbols GUI control. WinEdt 8.2 does all this automatically...
However, for this to work Windows magnification has to be set to
200% in the control panel. New laptops with 192dpi displays come
with such setting by default. I am not sure if you will have to
change anything in PARALLELS to ensure that Windows applications
adjust to high resolution.
On Windows, non dpi-aware applications (like WinEdt 7) are
automatically scaled by Windows. But this makes them look
"blurry".
If you want I can send you a link to (32 or 64-bit -- which one?)
of WinEdt 8.2 -- it is pretty much ready for the official release
(pending some updates on our web page). You may (or possibly not)
still have to adjust some setting in PARALLELS -- that part I
cannot help you with. But WinEdt 8.2 should act like other
dpi-aware Windows applications...
Best regards,
alex

[ioul]

Post by WinEdt Team
Norbert,
Next week WinEdt 8.2 will be released and this version is 100%
dpi-aware (it automatically adjusts controls, toolbar, TeX Symbols,
fonts, etc... to a higher resolution (magnification) Windows
settings without any scaling). WinEdt 7 is NOT dpi-aware while
WinEdt 8.1 IS but it requires some manual modification to settings
(like Toolbar buttons and image size) and it does not adjust TeX
Symbols GUI control. WinEdt 8.2 does all this automatically...
However, for this to work Windows magnification has to be set to
200% in the control panel. New laptops with 192dpi displays come
with such setting by default. I am not sure if you will have to
change anything in PARALLELS to ensure that Windows applications
adjust to high resolution.
On Windows, non dpi-aware applications (like WinEdt 7) are
automatically scaled by Windows. But this makes them look
"blurry".
If you want I can send you a link to (32 or 64-bit -- which one?)
of WinEdt 8.2 -- it is pretty much ready for the official release
(pending some updates on our web page). You may (or possibly not)
still have to adjust some setting in PARALLELS -- that part I
cannot help you with. But WinEdt 8.2 should act like other
dpi-aware Windows applications...
alex

hi Alex,
I have exactly the same problem, on sony viao 11', after spent the
all afternoon to fix it, and finally try to manually change the size one by
one the toolbar and images, I was close to give up with the greek letters
when i found this post !
I will be happy that you sent me the link for windows 64.
I am changing my laptop this week and need to finish an article before this
week and then on the top of this I making transition from winEDt 5.5 to 8.1,
so if you can save me some time by send me the link for windows 8.2 which
fix this problem, will be fantastic.

thanks
Ioul

[Robert B. Gozzoli]

Dear Alex,
if you can send the link of WInEDT 8.2 (version 32 bit) will be appreciated.

I thank you in advance for the help.

Roberto

Post by WinEdt Team
Norbert,

I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display. I am
running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under
MAC OS). Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that
I cannot read the characters anymore. I know how to change this in
the MAC system, but I failed so far to find the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not
restrict to the text but is also in the task bars. This is of
course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly severe
for the WINEDT screen. Thanks in advance for advice.

I know nothing about PARALLELS but high-resolution displays are
now making their way into PC notebooks as well and automatic
dpi-awareness of WinEdt has become an imperative.
Next week WinEdt 8.2 will be released and this version is 100%
dpi-aware (it automatically adjusts controls, toolbar, TeX Symbols,
fonts, etc... to a higher resolution (magnification) Windows
settings without any scaling). WinEdt 7 is NOT dpi-aware while
WinEdt 8.1 IS but it requires some manual modification to settings
(like Toolbar buttons and image size) and it does not adjust TeX
Symbols GUI control. WinEdt 8.2 does all this automatically...
However, for this to work Windows magnification has to be set to
200% in the control panel. New laptops with 192dpi displays come
with such setting by default. I am not sure if you will have to
change anything in PARALLELS to ensure that Windows applications
adjust to high resolution.
On Windows, non dpi-aware applications (like WinEdt 7) are
automatically scaled by Windows. But this makes them look
"blurry".
If you want I can send you a link to (32 or 64-bit -- which one?)
of WinEdt 8.2 -- it is pretty much ready for the official release
(pending some updates on our web page). You may (or possibly not)
still have to adjust some setting in PARALLELS -- that part I
cannot help you with. But WinEdt 8.2 should act like other
dpi-aware Windows applications...
Best regards,
alex

[WinEdt Team]

A temporary link (until it is officially released next week) is:

http://www.winedt.com/test/winedt82-64.exe
http://www.winedt.com/test/winedt82-32.exe

Best regards,

alex

Documentation has been updated but our web page still needs updates
regarding upgrading, etc... Other than that WinEdt is ready for
those that want to check it out:

- WinEdt 8.2 is dpi-aware and it is properly scaled on resolutions
other than 96dpi. It automatically resizes its controls and fonts
for (ultra) high resolution displays. Images at different
resolutions are responsible for increased size of this release.

- WinEdt 8.2 is compatible with Windows High Contrast Themes.
Highlighting automatically adjust to black background due to the
new color schemes configuration section.

- Status Line is now fully customizable and in its default settings
it displays an extra panel for document encoding (such as UTF-8 or
CP1250).

- Options Menu now contains Toolbar submenu where you can quickly
select one of the alternative toolbar layouts (not everyone needs
or wants a 2-row toolbar with all compilers and extras).

etc...




-----Original Message-----
From: Robert B. Gozzoli
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 3:00 AM
To: <winedt+***@wsg.net>
Subject: Re: [WinEdt] screen resolution in WINEDT

Dear Alex,
if you can send the link of WInEDT 8.2 (version 32 bit) will be appreciated.

I thank you in advance for the help.

Roberto

[Agustin E. Bolzán]

I have installed winedt82-64 and found severe problems, apparently
with the backgrounds (Winedt was unable to find the folder or
something like that and claimed that "BACKGROUND_MODE=2" was something
unexpected), so I had to remove it and reinstall 8.1. Hope
the official release would have not such problem.

Best regards,

Agustin


On viernes, 06 de junio de 2014 about the subject "[WinEdt] screen resolution in WINEDT" you wrote:

WT> A temporary link (until it is officially released next week) is:

WT> http://www.winedt.com/test/winedt82-64.exe
WT> http://www.winedt.com/test/winedt82-32.exe

WT> Best regards,

WT> alex

[WinEdt Team]

Augustin,

Post by Agustin E. Bolzán
I have installed winedt82-64 and found severe problems, apparently
with the backgrounds (Winedt was unable to find the folder or
something like that and claimed that "BACKGROUND_MODE=2" was
something unexpected), so I had to remove it and reinstall 8.1.
Hope the official release would have not such problem.

I am afraid it will for users who modified this setting:-)

Color specifications everywhere have changed (consistently) and
there is no longer any references to color index 0..15. Named
colors are maintained in the new [COLORS] section instead (as many
as you wish not just 16). Advantages are many...

But worry not. Old color settings are almost compatible except...

BACKGROUND_MODE used to allow values 0..3 (with 3 referring to a
bitmap). Not it only allows values:

0 (none)
1 Color Specification (including old $BBGGRR)
2 bitmap (for background mode only)

Documentation explains about the new color management...

All you had to do is replace BACKGROUND_MODE=2 with
BACKGROUND_MODE=1. Perhaps Karl can comment why "Upgrade Personal
Configuration" did not do that for you (assuming that you have
executed this command after an upgrade)...

Yes, there are a few minor changes like this and some users that
modified some options like this will have to make some minor
modification to their personal settings.

Best regards,

alex

[Agustín E. Bolzán]

Seems that it is not that simple: I have replaced BACKGROUND_MODE=2 with
BACKGROUND_MODE=1, but then appeared problems also with LINE_NUMBERS_MODE,
CURRENT_LINE_MODE,RIGHT_MARGIN_MODE, etc......I updated my configuration
file and everything was a mesh......so I uninstalled 8.2 once again and
reinstall 8.1. I will wait for the official announcement and the
instructions for upgrading from 8.1 to 8.2....I would like to know if the
only problem will be with the Backgrounds.ini file or there will be some
othe ini files that need to be modified before upgrading (and in which
sense)....thanks anyway

best wishes,

Agustin

Post by WinEdt Team
Augustin,
I have installed winedt82-64 and found severe problems, apparently

Post by Agustin E. Bolzán
with the backgrounds (Winedt was unable to find the folder or
something like that and claimed that "BACKGROUND_MODE=2" was
something unexpected), so I had to remove it and reinstall 8.1.
Hope the official release would have not such problem.

I am afraid it will for users who modified this setting:-)
Color specifications everywhere have changed (consistently) and
there is no longer any references to color index 0..15. Named
colors are maintained in the new [COLORS] section instead (as many
as you wish not just 16). Advantages are many...
But worry not. Old color settings are almost compatible except...
BACKGROUND_MODE used to allow values 0..3 (with 3 referring to a
0 (none)
1 Color Specification (including old $BBGGRR)
2 bitmap (for background mode only)
Documentation explains about the new color management...
All you had to do is replace BACKGROUND_MODE=2 with
BACKGROUND_MODE=1. Perhaps Karl can comment why "Upgrade Personal
Configuration" did not do that for you (assuming that you have
executed this command after an upgrade)...
Yes, there are a few minor changes like this and some users that
modified some options like this will have to make some minor
modification to their personal settings.
Best regards,
alex

[Karl Koeller]

Agustín,

Post by Agustín E. Bolzán
Seems that it is not that simple: I have replaced BACKGROUND_MODE=2
with BACKGROUND_MODE=1, but then appeared problems also with
LINE_NUMBERS_MODE, CURRENT_LINE_MODE,RIGHT_MARGIN_MODE, etc......I
updated my configuration file and everything was a mesh......so I
uninstalled 8.2 once again and reinstall 8.1. I will wait for the
official announcement and the instructions for upgrading from 8.1 to
8.2....I would like to know if the only problem will be with the
Backgrounds.ini file or there will be some othe ini files that need to
be modified before upgrading (and in which sense)....thanks anyway

The upgrade process for BackgrounSchemes.ini works only if you didn't
change settings for existings schemes or if you've added new ones.

Please send me privately your 8.1 BackgroundSchemes.ini and I'll
translate it to the new defaults.

Best regards,

Karl

[Bernard Alfonsi]

Probably change the font size in WinEdt Options -> Preferences -> Font tab
-> Change Font button. Now this works in Windows 7, I never had to use
Parallels.
I hope this helps.

Best regards,

B. Alfonsi

Post by Norbert Wermes
I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display.
I am running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under MAC OS).
Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that I cannot read
the characters anymore.
I know how to change this in the MAC system, but I failed so far to find
the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not

restrict

Post by Norbert Wermes
to the text but is also in the task bars.
This is of course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly
severe for the WINEDT screen.
Thanks in advance for advice.
Norbert

[Norbert Wermes]

That's a way ... it is not changing the font size of the toolbars, though.
Thanks
Norbert

Post by Bernard Alfonsi
Probably change the font size in WinEdt Options -> Preferences -> Font tab
-> Change Font button. Now this works in Windows 7, I never had to use
Parallels.
I hope this helps.
Best regards,
B. Alfonsi

Post by Norbert Wermes
I have a new MAC-Book with a high resolution (retina) display.
I am running WINEDT 7 under PARALLELS (a windows platform running under MAC OS).
Unfortunately the resolution of the screen is so high that I cannot read
the characters anymore.
I know how to change this in the MAC system, but I failed so far to find
the tune for the WINEDT
screen under PARALLELS.
Does anyone happen to have a hint? Of course the problem does not

restrict

Post by Norbert Wermes
to the text but is also in the task bars.
This is of course not a WINEDT Problem, but my problem is particularly
severe for the WINEDT screen.
Thanks in advance for advice.
Norbert