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From: leue@galen.crd.ge.com (Bill Leue)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Creeping Icons
Keywords: icons
Message-ID: <17905@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Date: 26 Mar 91 17:12:36 GMT
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Organization: General Electric Research & Development
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Someone posted a note about a creeping trashcan a couple of days ago.
(Sorry, I didn't keep the message).  I've also had a few problems
with icon positions and sizes that won't do what I want:

1. The wastebasket seem to insist on crawling over to the right until
only about 1/4 of it is showing -- it is actually off screen both horizontally
and vertically, with only the upper left-hand corner showing.  If I
move it back and save the layout, after a day or so it seems to be back
into the corner again.

2. I have the clock set to "digital" display, with the "seconds" enabled.
No matter how many times I size the clock so that the seconds show up
(and save the screen layout), sooner or later (usually sooner), it has
re-sized itself so that the seconds are truncated at the right side of
the window.

This is Open Windows 2.0 running on Sun 4.1.0, BTW.  Does anyone
know what's going on?

Oh yes, and as long as I'm griping, is anyone besides me angry at the
behavior of dbxtool under OW 2.0?  I just can't get used to having to
click every time I want to issue a command.  It throws off my whole
rhythm and slows down the entire debugging process for me.  I understand
that Sun is hiding behind the Open Look Specification in regards to this
behavior.  I say, "poo!" If it interferes with people's work, then it's
no darned good!  

-Bill Leue
leue@crd.ge.com
[ Disclaimer:  the grumpy opinions expressed here are my own, not GE's ]