[TxMt] Re: Setting font weight in .tm_properties

Allan Odgaard mailinglist at textmate.org
Wed Jul 8 12:47:12 UTC 2015


On 6 Jul 2015, at 15:20, Jon Clayden wrote:

> OK, so the choice of font via the menu is persistent? I was always
> under the impression that ~/.tm_properties was the "correct" way of
> setting a default font, since an (admittedly old) blog post seems to
> document it as such. If not I will stop using that approach, but for
> the record the right spelling seems to be "SourceCodePro-Medium".

The first alpha lacked GUI for many settings, so ~/.tm_properties was 
the only way to set manny things, which is why you’ll see it 
referenced.

But in general, when there is a GUI setting, I recommend using it, as 
it’s less likely to cause problems and more likely to “just work”.


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