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From: bdb@cl.cam.ac.uk (Brian Brunswick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: two new utilities on info server
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.110839.15802@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 1 Mar 91 11:08:39 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.131230.1013@newcastle.ac.uk> <1991Feb26.101937.12286@abekrd.co.uk>
Reply-To: bdb@cl.cam.ac.uk (Brian Brunswick)
Organization: U of Cambridge Comp Lab, UK
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In article <1991Feb26.101937.12286@abekrd.co.uk> garyb@abekrd.co.uk (Gary Bartlett) writes:
>This is really addressed to Brian - (can you read this Brian?).

Yup!

>I really liked the idea of largeness, but I came across the following problems:
>
>1) After quitting from largeness, the mouse pointer is still no longer bound

Err yes. It should be set back to the screen bounds. Pressing f12 then return
will restore things anyway. Noted for a new version.

>   a window 'Grab Keys' popped up ...

This window belongs to the task manager. If you RTM, I did mention
this - I consider it a bug in the task manager that it lets it be
moved.

>A few other ideas:
>  ... screen with bounds out as far as the furthest windows...
>  ... a small window showing the relative positions ... of windows ...
>Just a few ideas and suggestions.  I realise that this may not be easy to
>implement but it would be great to use if it could.
>

I had already thought of these - basically at the moment I haven't put
very much work into !Largeness - its still at the stage of a quick hack.
Still if I produce a new version (sufficient demand?) I'll certainly
be considering these and other improvements. (stopping ludicrously large
windows for one)

Thanks very much for the feedback anyway - much appreciated.
Brian.Brunswick@uk.ac.cam.cl  Disclaimer.  Short sig rules!