How to Set Monospace as Default in SciTE?

[Xichael]

Whenever I restart the editor, "Use Monospaced Font" (in the Options menu) gets unchecked.

Also, SciTE Config isn't able to switch the font to monospace (though it does successfully save the font face and size), and after restarting it, the font check box is always set back to proportional.

Both of these options are failing to keep SciTE set to monospace. Is there something else I can try?

Edited January 7, 2016 by Xichael

[Vincor]

Have you checked whether your SciTE or maybe even just its configuration files are write-protected? Check the read-only flag, the location of those files, and the rights of your windows user. 

[BrewManNH]

What I do on my systems is to use the same font for both monospaced and non-monospaced font styles. I never use a non-monospace font so it makes no difference (to me) that I don't have one selected.

[Xichael]

Have you checked whether your SciTE or maybe even just its configuration files are write-protected?

use the same font for both monospaced and non-monospaced font styles

SciTE Config is writing changes to the file just fine. Here are the top lines of %LocalAppData%\AutoIt v3\SciTE\SciTEUser.properties after changing both the monospace and proportional fonts:

font.monospace=font:Source Code Pro,size:12
font.base=font:Source Code Pro,size:12

Yet here is a screenshot of SciTE Config's font settings after restarting it:

Only the font.monospace line is being honored. Both SciTE Config and SciTE itself seem to be ignoring font.base line.

Is some other config file overriding this SciTEUser.properties file?

[Jos]

Do you have this still in your SciTEGlobal.properties:

if PLAT_WIN
    font.base=font:Verdana,size:10,$(font.override)
    font.small=font:Verdana,size:8,$(font.override)
    font.comment=font:Comic Sans MS,size:9,$(font.override)
    font.code.comment.box=$(font.comment),$(font.override)
    font.code.comment.line=$(font.comment),$(font.override)
    font.code.comment.doc=$(font.comment),$(font.override)
    font.code.comment.nested=$(font.comment),$(font.override)
    font.text=font:Times New Roman,size:11,$(font.override)
    font.text.comment=font:Verdana,size:9,$(font.override)
    font.embedded.base=font:Verdana,size:9,$(font.override)
    font.embedded.comment=font:Comic Sans MS,size:8,$(font.override)
    font.vbs=font:Lucida Sans Unicode,size:10,$(font.override)
    font.monospace=font:Courier New,size:10
    font.override=$(font.monospace)

Jos

Edited January 8, 2016 by Jos

[Xichael]

Yes. I do indeed.

[Jos]

When both SciTE and SciTE config do not honer the font.override=$(font.monospace) then I can only assume there is something changed in a config somewhere.

Looking at the 2 lines you've posted again in detail,  I guess you made a manual change for the font.base line which should read:

font.monospace=font:Source Code Pro,size:12
font.base=font:Arial,size:10,$(font.override)

Jos

Edited January 9, 2016 by Jos