On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, R. Lahaye wrote:
> "Garst R. Reese" wrote:
> > The Opions->Preferences dialog is too narrow on 800x600.
> > The tab that is labeled Pri??? is cutoff. Clicking on the part remaining
> > causes a
> > SIGSEV.
> > Garst
>
> Indeed, it would be better if the default width includes the
> second half of the "Printer" tab and the "Path" tab.
On all my test systems (three of them) the default size includes all the
tabs with room to spare.
> However, I think the preferences dialog has more serious
> problems:
> When the last visible tab is only partially visible,
> clicking on it will always cause a SIGSEV. For example,
> resize the window so that you see "Pa" instead of "Path".
> Click on "Pa" -> SIGSEV.
This is an xforms problem. I have noticed that 0.89 will scroll along
those tabs that don't fit while 0.88 will just crash.
Since Preferences is still a work in progress (despite what the guii.php3
page says) I reserve the right to crash anyones system :P
Actually, I've been trying to figure out how to fit everything into the
tabbed area without requiring a dialog that is 2048pixels wide. I'm very,
very slowly getting there. At present it looks like I'll switch to a
nested tabbed dialog scheme and hopefully have plenty of room for each set
of tabs.
Ideally, all dialogs should completely fit in a 800x600 screen. We used
to try for 640x480 maximum size but something like Preferences is pretty
tough to fit in that small a screen. Maybe I should just switch to a
smaller font size but I find it strange that so many seem to have very
different font sizes.
Allan. (ARRae)
