diff --git a/processing/app/KjcEngine.java b/processing/app/KjcEngine.java
index a6197adb9..12ee69b67 100644
--- a/processing/app/KjcEngine.java
+++ b/processing/app/KjcEngine.java
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ public class KjcEngine extends PdeEngine {
 	  window = new Window(new Frame());
 	  window.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
 	      public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
+		//System.out.println("window got " + e);
 		if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE) {
 		  //editor.doClose();
 		  //new DelayedClose(editor);
@@ -691,6 +692,7 @@ public class KjcEngine extends PdeEngine {
 
 	applet.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
 	    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
+	      //System.out.println("applet got " + e);
 	      if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE) {
 		stop();
 		editor.doClose();
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeBase.java b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
index 5a8835c40..a29cb4c80 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeBase.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ public class PdeBase implements ActionListener {
   }
 
   public PdeBase() {
-    frame = new Frame(WINDOW_TITLE);
+    frame = new Frame(WINDOW_TITLE) {
+	// hack for #@#)$(* macosx
+	public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
+	  return new Dimension(300, 300);
+	}
+      };
 
     try {
       icon = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("lib/icon.gif");
@@ -282,6 +287,8 @@ public class PdeBase implements ActionListener {
     //((PdeEditor)environment).frame = frame
     frame.pack();  // maybe this should be before the setBounds call
 
+    //System.out.println(frame.getMinimumSize() + " " + frame.getSize());
+
     editor.frame = frame;  // no longer really used
     editor.init();
     rebuildSketchbookMenu(sketchbookMenu);
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index 9f9940d20..d9b3b87e6 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -115,6 +115,24 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
 		   PdeBase.getInteger("editor.program.rows", 20),
 		   PdeBase.getInteger("editor.program.columns", 60),
 		   TextArea.SCROLLBARS_VERTICAL_ONLY);
+
+    /* {
+	  public Dimension minimumSize() {
+	    System.out.println("old minimum");
+	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
+	  }
+
+	  public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
+	    System.out.println("new minimum");
+	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
+	  }
+
+	  public Dimension getMinimumSize(int r, int c) {
+	    System.out.println("new minimum 2");
+	    return new Dimension(100, 100);
+	  }
+	  };*/
+
     textarea.setFont(PdeBase.getFont("editor.program.font",
 				       new Font("Monospaced", 
 						Font.PLAIN, 12)));
@@ -166,6 +184,11 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
     } else {
       presentationWindow = new Window(new Frame());
       presentationWindow.setBounds(0, 0, screen.width, screen.height);
+      //presentationWindow.addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
+      //  public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
+      //    System.out.println("pwindow got " + e);
+      //  }
+      //});
     }
 
     Label label = new Label("stop");
diff --git a/processing/build/macosx/dist/lib/pde_macosx.properties b/processing/build/macosx/dist/lib/pde_macosx.properties
index e69de29bb..a9b728b12 100644
--- a/processing/build/macosx/dist/lib/pde_macosx.properties
+++ b/processing/build/macosx/dist/lib/pde_macosx.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# osx makes things a little large by default
+editor.program.font = Monospaced,plain,10