XCode - GUI options (font size) and block comment with /* */ and other editor features for C code

1) That's old-school programming. The hip, young kids only use // comments. For something like this, you will have to write a text service using Automator. There are instructions here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13212288/is-there-a-shortcut-to-make-a-block-comment-in-xcode. Note that most of the answers in that thread are wrong. The only one that will work is the text service.

Joan_14 wrote:

that Mac products are well known for its well-thought GUI

That hasn't been true for a long time now. Go to System Preferences > Displays and choose a "scaled" resolution. That will give you bigger text in the menus.

Joan_14 wrote:

regarding 2) yeah that somehow solves the problem, but I loose quite some resolution to solve it. Not really a solution for the font-size-problem but a workaround.

I poked around a little bit and found two things:

1) There is a setting in Xcode > Preferences > General > Navigator size and change it to Large. Yeah. It's not much.

2) In System Preferences, go to Accessibility > Display > Menu bar size and change that to Large. Then, immediately click on the "Accessibility" header in the window titlebar. DO NOT click on anything else. You will be prompted to log out to and you MUST do so. After logging back in, you might see a very slightly larger size of text in the menu bar. And then again, you might not. I can see the difference on my new computer with the notch, but I don't see any difference on my old 2017.

I really hoped that I missed something while searching for answers on the internet or in the help, but apparently these problems can not be properly solved. Using an additional script to out comment blocks with /* */ it seems to me like a little bit too much for an option that is available almost everywhere (I dare to say).

First of all, you have to consider the fact that Apple doesn't even consider those to be comment blocks anymore. They are now considered "Documentation markup". That's why the default theme shows them using a variably-spaced font.

For me Apple still had the good reputation of a software (OS, Apps) that had a well-designed GUI among other things. Not anymore.

This is a side effect of the modern world. It's quite brutal. The interface was designed by, and for, the standard human, i.e. a 25 year-old white male software engineer with a six-figure income who only uses an iPhone. If you don't fit that privileged culture, it is your responsibility to compromise.

I strongly encourage exploring the accessibility features. Sometimes they are buggy and/or only work on the latest hardware (as noted above). But some of them are also pretty useful. Among the screenshots that I see posted here in the forums, a significant portion of them have modified default settings. It is almost as if people don't like grey text on a grey background.

And to be fair, I can't completely blame those young Apple software engineers. They are just a reflection of modern culture. The whole world is different now. Most users don't even use the menu bar anymore. A good way to hide a feature is to make is accessible only from the menu bar. Many users will never find it. Most users only use default settings. Be very critical of how much time you spend providing those kinds of ancillary tweaks that only 5% of users will ever notice.

And I forgot to mention:

1) Larger, external displays

2) Reading glasses. I recommend Scojo Gels

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