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   Message 906 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   apoint: fonts and windows   
   27 Apr 19 14:36:14   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3 5cc468de   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d7c83621   
   PID: APoint 1.25   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 26/04/2019 23:22:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
   MF>> ..I've found one colour setting that doesn't "stick". One by one, I    
   MF>> changed the background colour of each window and they all "stuck"    
   MF>> apart from the message editor window. After changing it, exiting the    
   MF>> window and then going back, it had changed back to the default    
   MF>> background colour. I can repeat this over and over and over again    
   MF>> and my changes to the background colour never "stick".   
      
   AA> Yes..  same result here.  That darn editor window is a holdout.   
      
   Thanks for the confirmation.   
      
   AA> Meanwhile, I found another little issue, but it is hard to describe.   
      
   Uh-oh!   
      
   AA> When I was experimenting with the colours for each window, the colour    
   AA> control pop-up looked strange, and some of the content was "crowded".   
      
   AA> When I changed the then existing font to another style, the "problem"    
   AA> seemed to go away.   
      
   AA> The screenshots will illustrate.  Screenshots are going out to you.   
      
   Received them thanks but I don't ever recalling having that problem?   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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