I was just thinking about this too, as I recently changed the default resolution on my machine (13" 2020 MacBook Pro).
Tl;dr The default resolution of these machines in past few years isn't a perfect 1:1 map <https://twitter.com/marcedwards/status/1342424294903533568> to the pixel density of the display. There are NSWindow API developers can use to set a default size, but in practice I've found this change means I need to reconsider window sizes in every application I use - not just BBEdit. Also, the first Apple laptop I owned - a 2007 15" - died because of an 8600M failure, so these kinds of bugs freak me out. On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 8:22:26 PM UTC-5 Robert W. Franson wrote: > This is so simple I'm embarrassed to ask it. > > I always seem to be re-widening the editing windows to my preferred > minimum working width, which on my screen is about 1.5 - 2 inches wider > than the default of about 8 inches. > > These are standard text or html windows; opened directly from the Finder > (except during Multi-File Search); sidebar permanently suppressed. BBEdit > remembers each window's positioning, and the window's height and width, > after a file save. Yet sooner or later I seem to be back with the narrower > window. The window's height is preserved, which is almost always the > maximum vertical space available. > > I cannot find anything under the Global Preferences, individual files' > Text Options, the Expert Preferences, or the BBEdit manual which describes > how to set a default minimum width. Yet there is somewhere a setting for > that, since new windows open for me at the near 8 inch width, and at > maximum height. > > Ideally I'd like a Global Preference to set or re-set window width to say > 10 inches whenever a window is saved, unless I adjust the width to a lesser > or greater measurement. Same for height, of course. > > If such exists, I'd be grateful if anyone could point me to it. > > Thanks, > > Robert W. Franson > > BBEdit 13.5.4 > 27-inch iMac with MacOS 10.15.7 > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/fa768f23-3376-42a6-b1b3-a799409ad164n%40googlegroups.com.
