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

On 18-03-2013, at 14:59, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: > On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Berend Hasselman wrote: > >> On 18-03-2013, at 03:02, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: >> >>> 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/ > [...] >> >> Using OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. >> >> I've used the following fonts: >> >> Menu: Lucida Grande 13-point (text appears less bunched up compared to Geneva) Fixed: Monaco 13-point > > Yes, I now realize that Lucida Grande is the standard Mac system font. > >> Further comments: >> >> - using gnuplot in the main window with shortcut t or from the menu View, Graph specified vars did work for me > > Yes, it's just an interactive gnuplot session that doesn't work at present. > >> - opening a user script presented no problem; it ran without a hitch >> - opening klein.inp and running it worked > > Me too. > >> - Alt keys don't work for accessing menus. > > That seems to be a theming thing. I'm working on a GUI theme selector, but in the meantime if you delete > > Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc > > (or just edit it, commenting out the theme call), you'll get back the traditional GTK look which (I think) should support the Alt-key mechanism. I have just tried that. Make no difference. Alt keys don't work.