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WinMerge / winmerge

WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.
https://winmerge.org/
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changing font should be done in the options or preferences #2214

Open teub opened 5 months ago

teub commented 5 months ago

Changing font should be done in the options or preferences, like in any other software that has a text editor in it. Not in the "view / select font" menu.

I guess this is technically "not a bug" but from a UX perspective it's absolutely mind blowing so I had to create an issue for it. Thank you

meteorquake commented 3 months ago

I'm not sure it's entirely illogical to be there... some files might need a proportional font, others a fixed width font, some you might have an ideal aesthetic font which then proves to be less or unsuitable for some files. I suspect it will be the case that some people will have more need to switch about fonts than others. I think that's what makes those programs with customisable menus so great from a user perspective. In that respect, if there are regular switchers, Font choice could be improved by having the most regularly used fonts at the top (or a customised priority choice of 3). d