Re: [EXTERNAL] RDi 9.8 Source Code Editor Font

As for the great plugins like iSphere, Thomas Raddatz wrote something in May, that always worked for me:

Hi All,

I released iSphere 5.2.9.r, which fixes the compatibility issue between the iSphere Compare Filsters plug-in and RDi 9.8.

I also confirm, that using "http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/*"; as the update site works for the following plug-ins:

* iRPGUnit
* iSphere
* JCRCMDS
* Rapid Fire

The update sites of these plug-ins would be:

http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/irpgunit/eclipse/rdi8.0/

http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/isphere/eclipse/rdi8.0/

http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/jcrcmds/eclipse/rdi8.0/

http://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/rapid-fire/eclipse/rdi8.0/

But I noticed several read-timouts with that update sites so that it took me 1-3 attempts to get a plug-in installed. So it might be easier and less painful to use the zipped update sites instead. For example, you could download the update site zip file and extract it to a local folder or to a folder on a server and install the plug-in from that folder. This way you had a stable name for the update site that your colleagues could use, too.

Yes. It was great if I could use another update server for the plug-ins.

Regards,

Thomas

Am 25.08.2023 um 18:25 schrieb Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>:

FWIW, I would suggest downloading the package (ZIP file) and installing locally. Simple, quick and has always worked for me.

Brian.

On 25/08/2023 13:40, Greg Wilburn wrote:
Agreed... the two plugins I use (iSphere and JCR Commands) are a PITA now because the URL method doesn't work. If I have to install another plugin to use the Darkest Dark, I'll just pass.
I don't have the time to fool around like that.
I will say that v9.8 seems much faster than v9.6.
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You think installing RDi is hard? Wait until you dive into plug-in's--it
makes every professional wrestling match combined look like Philadelphia's
Charity Ball.
I went to the Eclipse Marketplace and installed "Eclipse Enterprise and
Java Web Development Tools"; IIRC, that's a prerequisite for Darkest Dark.
The process was a huge PITA but worth it.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 8:31 AM Greg Wilburn <
gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can't seem to install that from the URL I found.
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WRT RDi's font and colors: I can't give a loud enough shout-out to the free
"Darkest Dark" plug-in from DevStyle. The only change I made was to change
the "selected line" coloring to blue. Visual Studio and VSCode both use
black backgrounds and I think there are many usability reasons to pick this
instead of a white background. Font-wise, I use Andale Mono and/or Ubuntu
Mono in RDi *and* in iACS.
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 1:56 PM Greg Wilburn <
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Nevermind... I found it.
General > Appearance >Colors and Fonts
Basic folder
Text Font
Change to Consolas 10
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Having a hard time adjusting to v9.8 versus v9.6. I'm finding it much
more difficult to read. Everything has a "washed out" look.
I've been messing around trying to get the same font used as in v9.6 - I
think I'm using the default in the older version. Any idea if I can get
v9.8 to use the same font? If so, what value am I looking for?
The source code in 9.8 is larger, yet more difficult to read.
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