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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              --- OpenXP 5.0.38        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:310/31.3)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 154/10 203/0 221/0 226/17 229/354 426 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 280/464 5003 292/854 310/31 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 393/68 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 2452/250       PATH: 310/31 280/464 229/426           |
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