Subj : [WinPoint] Editor annoyance
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Sun Apr 28 2019 08:43:00

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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