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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Coupla questions
Message-ID: <1989Nov9.151936.4476@virtech.uucp>
Date: 9 Nov 89 15:19:36 GMT
References: <1989Oct31.161007.25286@rpi.edu> <300002@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <23791@cup.portal.com>
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In article <23791@cup.portal.com>, compata@cup.portal.com (David H Close) writes:
> IMHO, its better!  I have always failed to see any advantage in windows
> smaller than my programs expect.  In general, the larger the window, the
> better.  But "real" windowing systems expect me to get by with several
> tiny windows.  To me, any portion of the screen which my program can't use,

I don't know what "real" windowing systems you have used, but under my 
windowing system I have three main windows which are non-overlapped and 
are of the following sizes:  96 cols/72 rows, 80/32, and 80/44.  Each of these
are using a 9x15 font which is very readable on my 19" monitor.

I even have room left over for my mailer flag, system load average, clock, and
icons of other windows that I use less frequently.


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