Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/10/03/07:57:03
> From: Hughes, Bill
> Sent: 02 October 2003 16:02 From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Linda W. wrote:
>
> ..snip..
>
> > > What's wrong with a resizable
> > > window? I really don't know -- does it require a Ph.D. to do? I've
> > > never done windows programming, so I really don't know, but
> is it really
> > > that difficult?
> >
> > Actually, no, a Ph.D. is apparently not enough (I do have one,
> and I don't
> > understand the intricacies of the interface enough to make that dialog
> > properly resizeable). And I *have* done a fair share of
> Windows (and GUI)
> > programming. Face it: it's just *not that easy*. If it were, someone
> > would have implemented it. It might be a good exercise to actually look
> > at the code instead of useless complaining. There must be a reason why
> > it's been on the setup TODO list next to forever.
Based on earlier postings and Amiga GUI knowledge; I bet that this is all
about crunching the correct numbers, it just is a lot of hard work to
pinpoint WHICH numbers, and additionally HOW those pinpointed numbers should
change for a gui resize.
Might very well also depend on how the current GUI has been implemented. If
this was done in a way that allows little/none/less dynamic changes, then
code has to be 'rebuilt' to some extent.
> ...snip...
>
> > Another place to check is the setup TODO list and WISHLIST in
> the README.
> > You can either download the setup source package, or check it out on
> >
> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/setup/README?rev=
2.35&cvsroot=cygwin-apps>
Err, I've just read the README linked above, and as far as I can see a
resizable window isn't on either the TODO list or the wishlist.
I must 'defend' Igor here. I've seen it mentioned as beeing on some sort of
TODO list, and hinted/implied as beeing worked on. Unless I've totally
misunderstood what I've read.
Googling on e.g. "setup.exe +resize site:cygwin.com inurl:ml" should turn up
quite a few postings WRT this.
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59°16.37'N, 17°12.60'E
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