[Gretl-devel] gretl on OS X: next step

I've mentioned this a few times before: a build of gretl for OS X that does not require X11/XQuartz. Now, it seems to me, is the time. There's an experimental package (dmg) named gretl-quartz.dmg in http://sourceforge.net/projects/gretl/files/osx-testing/ This is an all-in-one package: no need for X11, and no need for a separate GTK framework. The dmg includes gretl 1.9.12cvs and a Mac-native build of GTK 2.24.17 and friends. Caveats: (1) This is a 64-bit intel-only build for OS X 10.6 and higher. (2) Gtk-quartz uses Apple's CoreText apparatus rather than FreeType plus fontconfig, and the default font sizes in the two systems seem to differ, such that the font specification appropriate to the X11 version of GTK produces a small, spindly font under quartz. Your mileage may vary, but I have found that the following settings (under gretl's /Tools/Preferences) produce an acceptable look: "Menu font": Geneva 12- or 13-point "Fixed font": Menlo 12-point It would be good if people could test this. I've played around a little, found a few problems and fixed them, but I haven't tested very intensively yet. Allin