Changing fonts in the standard R editor
On 9/18/25 15:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe.? I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor.
But did font size *used* to be adjustable in Rgui.exe? "I think that this used to be possible" I don't know exactly where to look for changes, I was looking at history of stuff in R/src/gnuwin32 (especially editor.h, editor.c) but didn't get very far. Maybe things also changed in the upstream Windows libraries, i.e. Rtools ? MINGW-w64, etc. ??
Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development? Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision.? I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail.? There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor.? I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases.? At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs.? By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like.? It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there.? I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.? At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> ???????? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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