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   Message 913 of 3,070   
   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   [WinPoint] Editor annoyance   
   28 Apr 19 08:43:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d7d9cfa9   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.59 66af4709   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Linux) (x86_64)   
   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hello August!   
      
   On 27.04.19 at 19:11, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    MF>> When the message editor fires up, it's always in a maximized window   
    MF>> which, for me, is far too big. So, I resize the window to suit my taste   
    MF>> and compose my message(s). I exit the message editor and sometime later   
    MF>> I fire it up again but my previous window settings have not been   
    MF>> remembered - it fires up maximized!   
      
    MF>> Anyone else seeing this behaviour?   
      
    AA> YES.  Totally annoying (but I guess one *could* get used to it).   
    AA> Meanwhile, try this hack:   
      
    AA> [1] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the   
    AA> system menu.     - Type the letter "r" (this will reduce the size   
    AA> of the window that is apparently defined in the program, but you   
    AA> will probably want a larger window than that, so..   
      
    AA> [2] - Enter the keyboard combination Alt+Space Bar to open the   
    AA> system menu.     - Type the letter ±s± - A double-headed "cross"   
    AA> pointer will appear. - To make the window larger/smaller, use the   
    AA> left/right and up/down arrow keys to resize the window to your   
    AA> liking.     - Press ±Enter± when done resizing.   
      
    AA> 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.   
      
    AA> Nevertheless, this one is a definite CON for "the List".   
      
   Yep.   
      
    AA> Hope this helps!   
      
   Yes it does thanks but it's just a different way of doing what I'd     
   already been doing :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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