Hello All!

When the message editor fires up, it's always in a maximized window which, for me, is far too big. So, I resize the window to suit my taste and compose my message(s). I exit the message editor and sometime later I fire it up again but my previous window settings have not been remembered - it fires up maximized!

Anyone else seeing this behaviour?

Regards,
Martin

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Hello Martin,

On 27.04.19, you wrote to All:

When the message editor fires up, it's always in a maximized window
which, for me, is far too big. So, I resize the window to suit my taste and compose my message(s). I exit the message editor and sometime later I fire it up again but my previous window settings have not been remembered - it fires up maximized!

Anyone else seeing this behaviour?

YES. Totally annoying (but I guess one *could* get used to it). Meanwhile, try this hack:

[1] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system menu.
- Type the letter "r" (this will reduce the size of the window that is apparently defined in the program, but you will probably want a larger window than that, so..

[2] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system menu.
- Type the letter “s”
- A double-headed "cross" pointer will appear.
- To make the window larger/smaller, use the left/right and up/down arrow keys to resize the window to your liking.
- Press “Enter” when done resizing.

With repeated use, we *may* get used to doing [1] and [2] fairly quickly.

Nevertheless, this one is a definite CON for "the List".

Hope this helps!

../|ug

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Hello August!

On 27.04.19 at 19:11, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

When the message editor fires up, it's always in a maximized window
which, for me, is far too big. So, I resize the window to suit my taste
and compose my message(s). I exit the message editor and sometime later
I fire it up again but my previous window settings have not been
remembered - it fires up maximized!

Anyone else seeing this behaviour?

YES. Totally annoying (but I guess one *could* get used to it). Meanwhile, try this hack:

[1] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the
system menu. - Type the letter "r" (this will reduce the size
of the window that is apparently defined in the program, but you
will probably want a larger window than that, so..

[2] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the
system menu. - Type the letter ±s± - A double-headed "cross"
pointer will appear. - To make the window larger/smaller, use the left/right and up/down arrow keys to resize the window to your
liking. - Press ±Enter± when done resizing.

With repeated use, we *may* get used to doing [1] and [2] fairly quickly.

Maybe, maybe not but the window size is still not remembered.

Nevertheless, this one is a definite CON for "the List".

Yep.

Hope this helps!

Yes it does thanks but it's just a different way of doing what I'd
already been doing :)

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin,

On 28.04.19, you wrote to August Abolins:

[1] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system
menu. - Type the letter "r" ...

[2] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the system
menu. - Type the letter "s" ...

With repeated use, we *may* get used to doing [1] and [2] fairly
quickly.

Maybe, maybe not but the window size is still not remembered.

Yes.. I forgot to mention that little feature. I had tried the several "remember window size tricks" out there, but none worked for me.

The blow-up to full screen is not too bad of a problem on my 4:3 14" T60 Thinkpad. It can be a benefit in this case.

What size screen are you working on?


../|ug

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Hello Martin,

On 28.04.19, you wrote to August Abolins:

With repeated use, we *may* get used to doing [1] and [2] fairly
quickly.

Hope this helps!

Yes it does thanks but it's just a different way of doing what I'd
already been doing :)

Using the mouse? WinPoint *is* a windows program after all, I guess.

Your introduction of OXP to me has re-introduced the benefits of manipulations with pure keyboard commands. Hence, using Alt+Space,R and then Alt+Space,S and
then just the arrow keys to stretch the window edges larger is so easy and even
more convenient than trying to target the mouse pointer to a corner for dragging.

../|ug

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Hello August!

On 28.04.19 at 13:34, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

[snip]

The blow-up to full screen is not too bad of a problem on my 4:3
14" T60 Thinkpad. It can be a benefit in this case.

Yeah but in my case it's a definite no-no.

What size screen are you working on?

Acer V193W 19" Widescreen(16:10)

Regards,
Martin

--- OpenXP 5.0.38
* Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)

Hello Martin!

** 29.04.19 - 14:52, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

The blow-up to full screen is not too bad of a problem on my 4:3
14" T60 Thinkpad. It can be a benefit in this case.

Yeah but in my case it's a definite no-no.
Acer V193W 19" Widescreen(16:10)

Outch. That would definitely be a pretty big editing window! Maybe you
can compensate by choosing a tiny font in the editor?



../|ug

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