font size shrank

andyjim

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Mar 31, 2020, 2:36:38 PM3/31/20

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All was well this morning, but just now when I came back to Leo I find the font size in the bodies of all nodes has shrunk to unreadably small size. Text in the node headings is ok. This is only for one of six files I have open. The other five files are as usual.

I do not know how to correct this.

Thomas Passin

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Mar 31, 2020, 4:07:19 PM3/31/20

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On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:36:38 PM UTC-4, andyjim wrote:

All was well this morning, but just now when I came back to Leo I find the font size in the bodies of all nodes has shrunk to unreadably small size. Text in the node headings is ok. This is only for one of six files I have open. The other five files are as usual.
I do not know how to correct this.

It's a pretty weird thing to happen. I would suggest closing Leo and deleting the file .leo/db. I think I remember that we talked about doing that once before. Also it would be worth deleting the leo.session file in the same .leo directory.

This will be annoying because when you start up again, all the window and pane sizes will be wrong, and the panes may not be where you want them, so some fiddling around may be needed for a time.

Thomas Passin

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Mar 31, 2020, 4:08:30 PM3/31/20

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On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:36:38 PM UTC-4, andyjim wrote:

All was well this morning, but just now when I came back to Leo I find the font size in the bodies of all nodes has shrunk to unreadably small size. Text in the node headings is ok. This is only for one of six files I have open. The other five files are as usual.
I do not know how to correct this.

It would be worthwhile closing that outline and reloading it. Sometimes I've seen that to correct problems.

Brian Theado

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Mar 31, 2020, 4:26:15 PM3/31/20

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Are you using leo on a Mac laptop? I've found it easy to accidentally change the font size in the body when on Mac. It took me a long time to figure out what gesture caused it. If you hold down the Command key and two finger drag up and down, the font size will shrink and grow respectively. I'm not sure how I manage to "accidentally" make that gesture, but it happened to me every few weeks before I finally figured it out.

Thomas' suggestion to re-open the outline would probably also resolve it.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:36 PM andyjim <andy...@gmail.com> wrote:

All was well this morning, but just now when I came back to Leo I find the font size in the bodies of all nodes has shrunk to unreadably small size. Text in the node headings is ok. This is only for one of six files I have open. The other five files are as usual.
I do not know how to correct this.

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Brian Theado

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Mar 31, 2020, 6:35:24 PM3/31/20

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BTW, I meant two finger drag up and down on the mouse trackpad.

andyjim

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Mar 31, 2020, 7:47:35 PM3/31/20

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I closed and reopened Leo. Should have thought to try that. It worked.

btheado I'm on an iMac. I must have done something to cause it, but I dunno what.