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A couple of newb questions

Will Senn

Mon, Sep 8, 2025 5:25 AM

Hi all,

I'm brand new to pharo. I'm hoping y'all can help with a couple of
beginner questions...

I'm running on debian 13 trixie. With Pharo 12, 13 or 14, the fonts
are very tiny on my 2560x1440 display. What's the best way to make menus
and text bigger. I tried a scale factor, but it looks ugly. If that's
the recommended solution, fine. I can live with it, but I want to do it
the right way.
The open url functions don't work. I get XPCOMGlueLoad errors:

XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozgtk.so:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol:
hb_ot_color_has_paint
Couldn't load XPCOM

It seems like this is an incompatible library issue. Is there a way to
set another browser (I'm using Firefox) as the one pharo uses? I have
several including opera and chrome.

Thanks,

Will

Hi all, I'm brand new to pharo. I'm hoping y'all can help with a couple of beginner questions... 1) I'm running on debian 13 trixie. With Pharo 12, 13 or 14, the fonts are very tiny on my 2560x1440 display. What's the best way to make menus and text bigger. I tried a scale factor, but it looks ugly. If that's the recommended solution, fine. I can live with it, but I want to do it the right way. 2) The open url functions don't work. I get XPCOMGlueLoad errors: XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozgtk.so: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: hb_ot_color_has_paint Couldn't load XPCOM It seems like this is an incompatible library issue. Is there a way to set another browser (I'm using Firefox) as the one pharo uses? I have several including opera and chrome. Thanks, Will

Noury Bouraqadi

Mon, Sep 8, 2025 11:50 AM

Hi Will,

For changing the scale factor on Pharo 12, the simplest option is to
evaluate the following in a Playground:

World scaleFactor: 1.3.

But, the fonts become ugly.
On latest Pharo, the settings tools allow to change and the scaling with
better results. Though I didn't test it.

Noury

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM Will Senn via Pharo-users <
pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm brand new to pharo. I'm hoping y'all can help with a couple of
beginner questions...

I'm running on debian 13 trixie. With Pharo 12, 13 or 14, the fonts
are very tiny on my 2560x1440 display. What's the best way to make menus
and text bigger. I tried a scale factor, but it looks ugly. If that's
the recommended solution, fine. I can live with it, but I want to do it
the right way.
The open url functions don't work. I get XPCOMGlueLoad errors:

XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozgtk.so:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol:
hb_ot_color_has_paint
Couldn't load XPCOM

It seems like this is an incompatible library issue. Is there a way to
set another browser (I'm using Firefox) as the one pharo uses? I have
several including opera and chrome.

Thanks,

Will

--
Noury Bouraqadi

Hi Will, For changing the scale factor on Pharo 12, the simplest option is to evaluate the following in a Playground: World scaleFactor: 1.3. But, the fonts become ugly. On latest Pharo, the settings tools allow to change and the scaling with better results. Though I didn't test it. Noury On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM Will Senn via Pharo-users < pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm brand new to pharo. I'm hoping y'all can help with a couple of > beginner questions... > > 1) I'm running on debian 13 trixie. With Pharo 12, 13 or 14, the fonts > are very tiny on my 2560x1440 display. What's the best way to make menus > and text bigger. I tried a scale factor, but it looks ugly. If that's > the recommended solution, fine. I can live with it, but I want to do it > the right way. > > 2) The open url functions don't work. I get XPCOMGlueLoad errors: > > XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-esr/libmozgtk.so: > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: > hb_ot_color_has_paint > Couldn't load XPCOM > > It seems like this is an incompatible library issue. Is there a way to > set another browser (I'm using Firefox) as the one pharo uses? I have > several including opera and chrome. > > Thanks, > > Will > -- Noury Bouraqadi