[SOLVED] How do I correct this?
lazarus / 9-Editor

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linuxbob · 2022-06-16 11:37

Hello all,

I've done a search on the forum for a solution and haven't found one
yet. My editor window has suddenly started displaying the text in this
manner. I have tried changing the font; the font does change but the
new font also displays like this. I've also tried uninstalling and
reinstalling Lazarus with no effect. I am on the latest version.

Suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks.

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rvk · 2022-06-16 12:48

Check the settings under Editor > Display for Extra character spacing.
Maybe you set it at 2.

See attached image.

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linuxbob · 2022-06-16 13:18

Already checked that. Both extra spacing boxes are set to zero.

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Martin_fr · 2022-06-16 13:26

Choose a monospaced font for the editor.

The editor can only display monospaced. If the font is not monospaced,
the editor defines the mono-spaced-grid width as the width of the
widest char it finds.

The editor does not look at any attributes of the font. It always
verifies a few chars to ensure the font is monospaced.
Among those chars are W and M. But also the @ sign, which in many
fonts is even wider than M or W.

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Martin_fr · 2022-06-16 13:27

You can set char-spacing to a negative value.

Then your font may look more normal-ish. But some chars will
overlap.....

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jcmontherock · 2022-06-16 15:11

Probably, your text is in UTF-16 encoded.

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rvk · 2022-06-16 15:43

Quote from: jcmontherock on June 16, 2022, 05:11:31 pmProbably, your
text is in UTF-16 encoded.
No, I think Martin was spot on. When you change to a proportionel font
you get exactly this 'problem'/view.

I also thought about UTF-16 encoding but if that was the case, the
line-numbers in the gutter would display normally (which they don't).

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linuxbob · 2022-06-16 15:50

Thanks everyone for your input. Switching to a monospace font did the
trick.